Detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus anthracis-like spores in soil from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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 biol...
Main Authors: | Jacqueline RS Salgado, Leon Rabinovitch, Maria de Fátima dos S Gomes, Regina Celia da SB Allil, Marcelo Martins Werneck, Rafael B Rodrigues, Renata C Picão, Fernanda Baptista de Oliveira Luiz, Adriana M Vivoni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2020-11-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762020000100349&tlng=en |
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