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The effect of prolonged storage on the virulence of isolates of Bacillus anthracis obtained from environmental and animal sources in the Kars Region of Turkey.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jul 2015
Buyuk Fatih, Sahin Mitat, Cooper Callum, Celebi Ozgur, Saglam Aliye Gulmez, Baillie Les, Celik Elif, Akca Dogan, Otlu Salih
Abstract excerpt
The stability of the plasmid-mediated virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis, a tripartite toxin located on pXO1 and an antiphagocytic capsule encoded by genes located on pXO2, following long-term storage was investigated. A collection of 159 isolates of B. anthracis were collected from the Kars region of Turkey between 2000 and 2013 and stored at -20°C in Brucella broth supplemented with 20% glycerine. A total...
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