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Differentiation within the Bacillus Cereus and Bacillus Subtilisgroups with Maldi-Tof

Introduction

Bacillus cereus group is composed of B. anthracis, B. cereus, B. cytotoxicus, B. mycoides, B. pseudomycoides, B. thuringiensis and B. weihenstephanensis.
Bacillus subtilis group is composed of B. amyloliquefaciens, B. subtilis, B. vallismortis, B. velezensis. 

They are well known pathogens among the Bacillus genus and can be a source of human infection as well as contaminants in agriculture and food industry. These species are very similar and their differentiation is cumbersome but essential notably in term of epidemiology.

Today, no mass spectrometry system is able to differentiate them in routine. The biochemical or molecular techniques are quite fastidious, long and expensive and not always conclusive. 

The objective of this study was to develop a simple and user-friendly method to separate these species by MALDI-TOF.

 

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