Open AccessGenotypic diversity among Bacillus licheniformis strains from various sources
Author(s) -
Clerck Elke,
Vos Paul
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00935-2
Subject(s) - bacillus licheniformis , rpob , biology , polymerase chain reaction , genotype , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , genetic diversity , bacillus (shape) , dna sequencing , dna profiling , 16s ribosomal rna , dna , bacteria , gene , bacillus subtilis , population , demography , sociology
Bacillus licheniformis is exploited industrially for the production of enzymes and has been shown to exhibit pathogenic properties. Because of these divergent characteristics, questions arise concerning intraspecies diversity. A comparative study by means of combined repetitive polymerase chain reaction, rpoB and gyrA sequencing, 16S rDNA targeted probe analysis, DNA–DNA hybridizations, gelatinase tests and antibiotic susceptibility tests was performed on a set of strains from diverse sources, including strains with pathogenic potential. B. licheniformis was found to consist of two lineages that are distinguished genotypically.