title: Represent the batches 2 of strain NCTC 3991 and NCTC 3992 B. coagulans?
abstract: In a previous publication (M. Hartung and E. Hellmann: Examination of 20 Bacillus Species by Crossed Immunoelectrophoresis under Taxonomic Aspects, Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. A 263 (1987) 509-524) we came to the conclusion that the species B. subtilis and B. coagulans were closely related. This statement has to be revised: The antigenic relationship is low. Further investigations have shown that all three B. coagulans-strains, although originating from different sources, were overgrown by B. subtilis. The same fact may have caused errors in other publications (e.g. Parry et al.: A Colour Atlas of Bacillus Species, Wolfe Medical Publications Ltd., London, 1983.
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional