Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are available that can serologically identify which Bacillus species?

a. B. cereus
b. B. subtilis
c. B. thuringiensis
d. B. anthracis


D
Indirect hemagglutination and ELISAs are available to detect antibodies to B. anthracis.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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