The role of tissue factor (TF, thromboplastin) as the major player in initiation of the blood
coagulation process has been known for more than 100 years (1, 2). Its importance for …

Bacillus anthracis is the cause of anthrax, and two large plasmids are essential for toxicity:
pXO1, which contains the toxin genes, and pXO2, which encodes a capsule. B. anthracis …

Aims: To provide new insights into the population and genomic structure of the Bacillus cereus
group of bacteria. Methods and Results: The genetic relatedness among B. cereus group …

Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, andBacillus thuringiensis are members of the Bacillus
cereus group of bacteria, demonstrating widely different phenotypes and pathological effects. B…

Bacillus anthracis is an endospore-forming bacterium that causes inhalational anthrax 1 .
Key virulence genes are found on plasmids (extra-chromosomal, circular, double-stranded …

In this study we developed a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for bacteria of the
Bacillus cereus group. This group, which includes the species B. cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. …

PlcR is a Bacillus cereus transcriptional regulator, which activates gene expression by binding
to a nucleotidic sequence called the ‘PlcR box’. To build a list of all genes included in the …

Twenty-four strains of Bacillus cereus were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
and compared with 12 Bacillus thuringiensis strains. In addition, the 36 strains were …

DNA from over 300 Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus anthracis isolates
was analyzed by fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). B. thuringiensis …

The genetic diversity and relationships among 35 Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis
isolates recovered from marginal and apical periodontitis in humans and from various other …