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Genotyping of B. licheniformis based on a novel multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) scheme.
BMC microbiology - 10 Oct 2012
Madslien Elisabeth H, Olsen Jaran S, Granum Per E, Blatny Janet M
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BACKGROUND: Bacillus licheniformis has for many years been used in the industrial production of enzymes, antibiotics and detergents. However, as a producer of dormant heat-resistant endospores B. licheniformis might contaminate semi-preserved foods. The aim of this study was to establish a robust and novel genotyping scheme for B. licheniformis in order to reveal the evolutionary history of 53 strains of this...
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