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Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis strains based on automated capillary 25-loci multiple locus variable-number tandem repeats analysis.
BMC microbiology - 6 Apr 2006
Lista Florigio, Faggioni Giovanni, Valjevac Samina, Ciammaruconi Andrea, Vaissaire Josée, le Doujet Claudine, Gorgé Olivier, De Santis Riccardo, Carattoli Alessandra, Ciervo Alessandra, Fasanella Antonio, Orsini Francesco, D'Amelio Raffaele, Pourcel Christine, Cassone Antonio, Vergnaud Gilles
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BACKGROUND: The genome of Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax, is highly monomorphic which makes differentiation between strains difficult. A Multiple Locus Variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) assay based on 20 markers was previously described. It has considerable discrimination power, reproducibility, and low cost, especially since the markers proposed can be typed by...
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