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Geographical distribution of genotypic and phenotypic markers among Bacillus anthracis isolates and related species by historical movement and horizontal transfer.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2008
Kiel J L, Parker J E, Holwitt E A, McCreary R P, Andrews C J, De Los Santos A, Wade M, Kalns J, Walker W
Abstract excerpt
The geographical distribution of Bacillus anthracis strains and isolates bearing some of the same genetic markers as the Amerithrax Ames isolate was examined and evaluated. At least one mechanism for the horizontal movement of genetic markers was shown amongst isolates and closely related species and the effect of such mixing was demonstrated on phenotype. The results provided potential mechanisms by which...
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