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Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.02398-06
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Variable Number of Tandem Repeats as Molecular markers for Biotypes of Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia species

Zoologisches Institut der Universität Basel, Evolutionsbiologie, Vesalgasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, and Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0700, USA

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	Abstract

Variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) have been identified in populations of Pasteuria ramosa, a castrating endobacterium of Daphnia species. The allelic polymorphism at 14 loci in laboratory and geographically diverse soil samples showed that VNTRs may serve as biomarkers for the genetic characterization of P. ramosa isolates.