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A pangenomic study of Bacillus thuringiensis.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 20 Dec 2011
Fang Yongjun, Li Zhaolong, Liu Jiucheng, Shu Changlong, Wang Xumin, Zhang Xiaowei, Yu Xiaoguang, Zhao Duojun, Liu Guiming, Hu Songnian, Zhang Jie, Al-Mssallem Ibrahim, Yu Jun
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus thuringiensis (B. thuringiensis) is a soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacterium and its plasmid-encoded toxins (Cry) are commonly used as biological alternatives to pesticides. In a pangenomic study, we sequenced seven B. thuringiensis isolates in both high coverage and base-quality using the next-generation sequencing platform. The B. thuringiensis pangenome was extrapolated to have 4196 core genes and an...
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