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Forensic Signatures For Production Conditions Of Bacillus Thuringiensis (Str. Hd1) Spore Cultures, Dani Jabado, Cristina Stanciu, Christopher Ehrhardt
Forensic Signatures For Production Conditions Of Bacillus Thuringiensis (Str. Hd1) Spore Cultures, Dani Jabado, Cristina Stanciu, Christopher Ehrhardt
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Chemical signatures that can indicate growth medium recipes or other key aspects of the production conditions are an important goal for forensic and biodefense agencies. In this study, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) profiles were analyzed from Bacillus thuringiensis spores grown five different published medium recipes. B. thuringiensis was chosen due to its biochemical, structural, and genetic similarity to B. anthracis, a Biosafety Level III select agent and the organisms used in the Amerithrax attacks in 2001. The relative abundance of 13 different fatty acid biomarkers, spanning four structure classes, was compared across all spore samples. Differences in the …