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. 1995 Jun;61(6):2446–2449. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.6.2446-2449.1995

Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis DNA Fingerprints of Field Isolates of the Entomopathogen Bacillus popilliae

R Macdonald, J Kalmakoff
PMCID: PMC1388478  PMID: 16535060

Abstract

Eight strains of the entomopathogen Bacillus popilliae were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and genomic size estimates of ^sim2,600 to 3,500 kb were obtained. The type strain, ATCC 14706, had a genomic size of 3,395 kb. For the six New Zealand isolates, the degree of similarity in the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis fingerprints may correlate with the geographical closeness of the sites of isolation. The plasmid profiles of the New Zealand isolates were also compared; four of the six strains carry plasmids in the 3.6- to 9.7-kb size range.

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