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assessing the resolving power of this marker in recon-
structing the phylogeny at a lower taxa level: the Bacil-
lus cereus group, sensu lato.
Recently, in parallel, a similar maker was tested and
shown to be able to reconstruct the phylogeny of the
Class γ-proteobacteria [19].
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