Comparative Genomic and Phylogenomic Analyses Clarify Relationships Within and Between Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis: Proposal for the Recognition of Two Bacillus thuringiensis Genomovars

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 10; p. 1978
• Main Authors: Baek, Inwoo, Lee, Kihyun, Goodfellow, Michael, Chun, Jongsik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 23.08.2019
• Subjects: Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt toxin; Cry toxin; Microbiology; phylogenomic analysis; phylogenomic analysis; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt toxin; Cry toxin

The present study was designed to clarify the taxonomic status of two species classified as , namely and . To this end, nearly 900 whole genome sequences of strains assigned to these taxa were the subject of comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses. A phylogenomic tree based on core gene sequen...