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Genotyping of French Bacillus anthracis strains based on 31-loci multi locus VNTR analysis: epidemiology, marker evaluation, and update of the internet genotype database.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Thierry Simon, Tourterel Christophe, Le Flèche Philippe, Derzelle Sylviane, Dekhil Neira, Mendy Christiane, Colaneri Cécile, Vergnaud Gilles, Madani Nora
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bacillus anthracis is known to have low genetic variability. In spite of this lack of diversity, multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including the canonical SNPs assay (canSNP) have proved to be highly effective to differentiate strains. Five different MLVA schemes based on a collection of 31 VNTR loci (MLVA8, MLVA15, MLVA20,...
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