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Background Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus are closely related members of the B. cereus-group of bacilli. Suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to identify specific chromosomal sequences unique to B ...
Redkar Rajendra+8 more
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Environmental Persistence of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis Spores
There is a lack of data for how the viability of biological agents may degrade over time in different environments. In this study, experiments were conducted to determine the persistence of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis spores on outdoor ...
J. Wood+6 more
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Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest [PDF]
Anthrax is a globally important animal disease and zoonosis. Despite this, our current knowledge of anthrax ecology is largely limited to arid ecosystems, where outbreaks are most commonly reported.
A McKenna+104 more
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CRISPR-Cas9-mediated barcode insertion into Bacillus thuringiensis for surrogate tracking
The use of surrogate organisms can enable researchers to safely conduct research on pathogens and in a broader set of conditions. Being able to differentiate between the surrogates used in the experiments and background contamination as well as between ...
Steven A. Higgins+6 more
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Microbial Ecology of Permafrost Soils: Populations, Processes, and Perspectives
ABSTRACT Permafrost microbial research has flourished in the past decades, due in part to improvements in sampling and molecular techniques, but also the increased focus on the permafrost greenhouse gas feedback to climate change and other ecological processes in high latitude and alpine permafrost soils.
Mark P. Waldrop+33 more
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Evidence for diversifying selection of genetic regions of encoding putative collagen-like host-adhesive fibers in Pasteuria penetrans [PDF]
© FEMS 2018. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...
Anderson+70 more
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Genotyping of Bacillus cereus strains by microarray-based resequencing. [PDF]
The ability to distinguish microbial pathogens from closely related but nonpathogenic strains is key to understanding the population biology of these organisms.
Michael E Zwick+4 more
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The graphical abstract of an outbreak of Anthrax among humans, livestock and wildlife in Kunene region, Namibia, 2018. ABSTRACT Introduction On October 21, 2018, Opuwo District Hospital identified four suspected cases of human anthrax. They presented with wounds and swelling on various body parts after consuming chevon.
Rebekka Ndatolewe Shikesho+4 more
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Detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus anthracis-like spores in soil from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
BACKGROUND Bacillus anthracis is the aetiologic agent of anthrax, a re-emerging, septicaemic, haemorrhagic and lethal disease that affects humans, domestic ruminants and wildlife.
Jacqueline RS Salgado+8 more
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