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Fieldable genotyping of Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis based on 25-loci Multi Locus VNTR Analysis.
BMC microbiology - 29 Jan 2008
Ciammaruconi Andrea, Grassi Saverio, De Santis Riccardo, Faggioni Giovanni, Pittiglio Valentina, D'Amelio Raffaele, Carattoli Alessandra, Cassone Antonio, Vergnaud Gilles, Lista Florigio
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BACKGROUND: Anthrax and plague are diseases caused by Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis respectively. These bacteria are etiological agents for worldwide zoonotic diseases and are considered among the most feared potential bioterror agents. Strain differentiation is difficult for these microorganisms because of their high intraspecies genome homogeneity. Moreover, fast strain identification and comparison...
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