Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis - one species on the basis of genetic evidence

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Research has been conducted on the members of Bacillus cereus group of bacteria. Results indicate that B. anthracis is closely related to B. cereus and B. thuringiensis strains.

author: Helgason, Erlendur, Okstad, Ole Anreas, Caugant, Dominique A., Johansen, Henning A., Fouet, Agnes, Mock, Michele, Hegna, Ida, Kolsto, Anne-Brit
France, Statistical Data Included, Enzymes, Bacillus thuringiensis, Phenotype, Phenotypes, Microbiological research

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Multilocus sequence typing scheme for bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group

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Results reveal that the population structure of the Bacillus cereus group is weakly clonal as determined by a multilocus sequence typing. Data indicae that the five isolates of B. anthracis display the same sequence types.

author: Helgason, Erlendur, Caugant, Dominique A., Kolsto, Anne-Brit, Tourasse, Nicolas J., Meisal, Roger
Genetic aspects, Identification and classification, Bacillus (Bacteria), Bacillus, Statistics, Statistics (Data), Genes, Bacillus anthracis

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Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates

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Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis are three closely related species of the B.cereus group with each of them being economically important and their DNA isolates were analyzed using fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Phytogenetic analysis of AFLP data showed diversity with B.thuringinesis and B.cereus compared to the monomorphic nature of B.anthracis.

author: Kolsto, Anne-Brit, Ticknor, Lawrence O., Beecher, Douglas J., Keim, Paul, Hill, Karen K., Tonks, Melinda, Jackson, Paul J., Okinaka, Richard T., Asay, Michelle, Blair, Heather, Bliss, Katherine A., Kemp, John D., Laker, Mariam, Pardington, Paige E., Wong, Amy C Lee, Richardson, Amber P.
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Science & research, Plant Genetics, Varieties, Nucleic acid isolation, DNA isolation

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subjects list: Research, Analysis, Norway, Bacillus cereus