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Identification of Bacillus anthracis strains in China

  1. X. Liang,
  2. D. Yu

Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00870.x

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Journal of Applied Microbiology

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volume 87, Issue 2, pages 200–203, August 1999

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Liang, X. and Yu, D. (1999), Identification of Bacillus anthracis strains in China. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 87: 200–203. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00870.x

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  1. Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Changping, Beijing, P.R. China

*Correspondence to: X. Liang, Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, PO Box 102206, Changping, Beijing, P.R. China (e-mail: lxdwhy@public.bta.net.cn).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 DEC 2001
  2. Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001
  3. Received and revised 15 May 1999 and accepted 29 May 1999

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As part of a project to establish a reference strain collection, phenotypic, biochemical and genetic analyses were carried out on 84 strains of Bacillus anthracis, 81 of them of Chinese origin from various sources. Particular differences from reports on isolates of other origins were the possession of fimbriae and single polar flagella with consequent motility in 77, self-agglutination by 64 and failure to ferment maltose in 60 of the Chinese strains. The findings were considered to be of significance to identification, classification and evolution of B. anthracis.

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