Molecular approaches to identify and differentiate <it>Bacillus anthracis </it>from phenotypically similar <it>Bacillus </it>species isolates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Bacillus anthracis </it>and <it>Bacillus cereus </it>can usually be distinguished by standard microbiological methods (e.g., motility, hemolysis, penicillin susceptibility and susceptibility to gamma phage...

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Main Authors: Hoffmaster Alex R, Popovic Tanja, Gee Jay E, Marston Chung K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/22