Prevalence, genetic diversity, and host range of tectiviruses among members of the Bacillus cereus group

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4138-4152

  Gillis, Annika ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUPS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DNA SEQUENCING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GROUP MEMBERS; INFECTION PATTERNS; LIMITED DISTRIBUTION; VARIABLE REGIONS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; CULTURE MEDIUM; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TECTIVIRIDAE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TECTIVIRIDAE;

EID: 84903121410     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00912-14     Document Type: Article

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