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Reclassification of the biocontrol agents Bacillus subtilis BY-2 and Tu-100 as Bacillus velezensis and insights into the genomic and specialized metabolite diversity of the species.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 2020
Mullins Alex J, Li Yinshui, Qin Lu, Hu Xiaojia, Xie Lihua, Gu Chiming, Mahenthiralingam Eshwar, Liao Xing, Webster Gordon
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The genomes of two historical Bacillus species strains isolated from the roots of oilseed rape and used routinely in PR China as biocontrol agents to suppress Sclerotinia disease were sequenced. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization analyses demonstrated that they were originally misclassified as Bacillus subtilis and now belong to the bacterial species Bacillus velezensis. A broader...
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