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Identification of Bacillus anthracis strains in China
Author(s) -
Liang X.,
Yu D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 1364-5072
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00870.x
Subject(s) - bacillus anthracis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , flagellum , bacillus (shape) , identification (biology) , fimbria , strain (injury) , genotype , genetics , bacteria , gene , virulence , botany , anatomy
As part of a project to establish a reference strain collection, phenotypic, biochemical and genetic analyses were carried out on 84 strains of Bacillus anthracis , 81 of them of Chinese origin from various sources. Particular differences from reports on isolates of other origins were the possession of fimbriae and single polar flagella with consequent motility in 77, self‐agglutination by 64 and failure to ferment maltose in 60 of the Chinese strains. The findings were considered to be of significance to identification, classification and evolution of B. anthracis.