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. 2002 Oct;8(10):1060–1065. doi: 10.3201/eid0810.020392

Table 2. Results of cell wall and capsule direct fluorescent-antibody assays for 56 strains of five Bacillus speciesa.

Species No. of strains CW-DFA (% positive) CAP-DFA (% positive)
B. cereus 23 10 (43) 0 (0)
B. thuringiensis 12 2 (17) 0 (0)
B. megaterium 11 0 (0) 1 (11)
B. mycoides 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
B. subtilis 9 0 (0) 0 (0)
Total 56 12 (21) 1 (1.7)

aDFA, direct fluorescent-antibody assay; CW, cell wall; CAP, capsule.