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Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Novel Sequence Type in Bacillus cereus Strains Associated with Nosocomial Infections and Bacteremia, Japan

Reiko Akamatsu, Masato Suzuki, Keiji Okinaka, Teppei Sasahara, Kunikazu Yamane, Satowa Suzuki, Daisuke Fujikura1, Yoshikazu Furuta, Naomi Ohnishi2, Minoru Esaki, Keigo Shibayama, and Hideaki HigashiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (R. Akamatsu, D. Fujikura, Y. Furuta, N. Ohnishi, H. Higashi); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (M. Suzuki, S. Suzuki, K. Shibayama); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (K. Okinaka, M. Esaki); Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan (T. Sasahara); Yonago Medical Center, Tottori, Japan (K. Yamane)

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Figure 1

PFGE of the Tokyo strains of Bacillus cereus isolates, Japan. The 80% similarity cutoff for PFGE cluster typing is shown as a vertical line in the phylogenetic tree. Red letters and numbers represent samples isolated from patients with bacteremia. Rep-PCR cluster type and MLST sequence types are also shown. The Tokyo_ID31 strain was not analyzed. Scale bar indicates percent similarity. MLST, multilocus sequence typing; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Rep-PCR, repetitive-element PCR.

Figure 1. PFGE of the Tokyo strains of Bacillus cereus isolates, Japan. The 80% similarity cutoff for PFGE cluster typing is shown as a vertical line in the phylogenetic tree. Red letters and numbers represent samples isolated from patients with bacteremia. Rep-PCR cluster type and MLST sequence types are also shown. The Tokyo_ID31 strain was not analyzed. Scale bar indicates percent similarity. MLST, multilocus sequence typing; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Rep-PCR, repetitive-element PCR.

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1Current affiliation: Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.

2Current affiliation: Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

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