Genotypic diversity among Bacillus licheniformis strains from various sources

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 reac...

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Published inFEMS microbiology letters Vol. 231; no. 1; pp. 91 - 98
Main Authors De Clerck, Elke, De Vos, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.02.2004
Subjects
Antibiotics
Bacillus licheniformis
Comparative studies
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA sequencing
Gelatinase
Microbiology
Polymerase chain reaction
RpoB protein
rRNA 16S
Strains (organisms)
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0378-1097
1574-6968
DOI:10.1016/S0378-10970300935-2