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[Genotype diversity of the Bacillus anthracis strains isolated from the Caucasus region].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2012
Eremenko E I, Riazanava A G, Tsygankova O I, Tsygankova E A, Buravtseva N P, Kulichenko A N
Abstract excerpt
The study of the genotypes of Bacillus anthracis strains isolated from the Caucasus region was performed using MLVA. Among 149 strains, 32 distinctive MLVA-8 genotypes belonging to Ala, A3a, A4 and B1 molecular diversity groups were identified. 9 genotypes were not described previously; 6 genotypes were not found in other geographic regions and could be considered as endemic for Caucasus. The majority of the...
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