Detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus anthracis-like spores in soil from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Bacillus anthracis is the aetiologic agent of anthrax, a re-emerging, septicaemic, haemorrhagic and lethal disease that affects humans, domestic ruminants and wildlife. Plasmids pXO1 and pXO2 are attributes that confer pathogenicity to B. anthracis strains. This bacterium was used as biologica...
Antígenos Bacterianos, Bacillus anthracis/genética, Bacillus anthracis/aislamiento & purificación, Bacillus anthracis/patogenicidad, Toxinas Bacterianas, Brasil, ADN Bacteriano/análisis, ADN Bacteriano/genética, Plásmidos/análisis, Plásmidos/genética, Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/métodos, Análisis de Secuencia de ADN, Suelo, Microbiología del Suelo, Esporas Bacterianas, Virulencia, Factores de Virulencia/genética