Characterization and comparison of Serratia marcescens isolated from edible cactus and from silkworm for virulence potential and chitosan susceptibility

Representative strains of Serratia marcescens from an edible cactus plant and silkworms were characterized and a comparison based on their cellular fatty acid composition, 16S rRNA and groE gene sequence analysis as well as silkworm virulence and chitosan susceptibility was carried out. Results from...

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Main Authors: Bin Li, Rongrong Yu, Baoping Liu, Qiaomei Tang, Guoqing Zhang, Yanli Wang, Guanlin Xie, Guochang Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000100013