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Contribution to phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Bacillus licheniformis and description of new genomovars.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 1998
Manachini P L, Fortina M G, Levati L, Parini C
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A study of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics was carried out on 182 strains isolated from soil of different geographical areas; the type strains were B. licheniformis, B. subtilis, B. pumilus, B. cereus and B. coagulans. The results showed, primarily on the basis of phenotypic features, that all the isolates belonged to the B. licheniformis species, however DNA relatedness studies revealed only 161 to be...
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