title: Genotypic diversity among Bacillus licheniformis strains from various sources.
abstract: Bacillus licheniformis is exploited industrially for the production of enzymes and has been shown to exhibit pathogenic properties. Because of these divergent characteristics, questions arise concerning intraspecies diversity. A comparative study by means of combined repetitive polymerase chain reaction, rpoB and gyrA sequencing, 16S rDNA targeted probe analysis, DNA-DNA hybridizations, gelatinase tests and antibiotic susceptibility tests was performed on a set of strains from diverse sources, including strains with pathogenic potential. B. licheniformis was found to consist of two lineages that are distinguished genotypically.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. elke.declerck@ugent.be
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Clerck
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Vos
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S