Differentiation of bacillus anthracis, B. Cereus, and B. Thuringiensis on the basis of the csaB gene reflects host source

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3860-3863

  Zheng, Jinshui ^a   Peng, Donghai ^a   Song, Xiaoling ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^b   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE ANALYSIS; HOST SOURCE; PROTEIN GENES; S-LAYERS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; MAMMALS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

POLYSACCHARIDE PYRUVYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFERASE;

GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; HOST SELECTION; INSECT; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ALDEHYDE-KETONE TRANSFERASES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878528778     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00591-13     Document Type: Article

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