Population structure and evolution of the Bacillus cereus group

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7959-7970

  Priest, Fergus G ^a   Barker, Margaret ^a   Baillie, Les W J ^c   Holmes, Edward C ^b   Maiden, Martin C J ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONAL VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 9244227067     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.7959-7970.2004     Document Type: Article

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