Characterization of Bacillus licheniformis with the RAPD technique (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) |
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| Authors: | R Stephan H Schraft F Untermann |
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| Institution: | Institut für tierärztliche Lebensmittelhygiene der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | RAPD technique (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) was used for epidemiological subtyping of Bacillus licheniformis and other Bacillus spp. Within 46 isolates of B. licheniformis , up to 10 strain types could be determined when two 10-mer primers were used. RAPD patterns, which were found in eight further strains of Bacillus spp., clearly differed from those of B. licheniformis. Thus RAPD technique proved to be a promising tool for characterization of Bacillus spp. |
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