Differentiation of Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis on the Basis of the csaB Gene Reflects Host Source | Zendy

Jinshui Zheng | Zendy; Donghai Peng | Zendy; Xiaoling Song | Zendy; Lifang Ruan | Zendy; Jacques Mahillon | Zendy; Ming Sun | Zendy

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Differentiation of Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis on the Basis of the csaB Gene Reflects Host Source

Author(s) -

Jinshui Zheng,

Donghai Peng,

Xiaoling Song,

Lifang Ruan,

Jacques Mahillon,

Ming Sun

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00591-13

Subject(s) - bacillus anthracis , bacillus thuringiensis , bacillus cereus , cereus , biology , host (biology) , bacillaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , bacillales , bacteria , genetics , bacillus subtilis

csaB gene analysis clustered 198 strains of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis into two groups related to mammalian and insect hosts, respectively. Mammal-related group I strains also have more S-layer homology (SLH) protein genes than group II strains. This indicates that csaB-based differentiation reflects selective pressure from animal hosts.

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