title: Protein profile and biochemical properties of Bacillus circulans isolated from intestines of small free-living animals in Poland.
abstract: Forty-seven strains of Bacillus circulans isolated from the intestinal tract of free-living small mammals from the Narvia and Biebrza National Park (NE Poland) were compared with the electrophoretic whole-cell protein patterns on the basis of SDS-PAGE and biochemical characteristic using API tests (50 CHB and 20E). The strains were grouped into two clusters (I and II) at the similarity of protein pattern of 78% using the simple matching coefficient and clustering on unweighted pair group arithmetic average algorithm (SSM/UPGMA). Each of the clusters comprised reference strains. The rods included in the cluster I are characterized by higher biochemical activity in comparison with the bacilli II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University at Białystok, 15-950 Białystok, Poland. izabelas@noc.uwb.edu.pl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Swiecicka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008322:Mammals; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins