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...

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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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Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2020-11-01
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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