Unexpected Relations of Historical Anthrax Strain

Unexpected Relations of Historical Anthrax Strain

In 1998, it was claimed that an 80-year-old glass tube intentionally filled with Bacillus anthracis and embedded in a sugar lump as a WWI biological weapon still contained viable spores. Today, genome sequencing of three colonies isolated in 1998 and subjected to phylogenetic analysis surprisingly i...

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Main Authors: M. H. Antwerpen, J. W. Sahl, D. Birdsell, T. Pearson, M. J. Pearce, C. Redmond, H. Meyer, P. S. Keim, Julian Parkhill
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Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e00440-17
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spelling doaj-a727316674464f0bb079fabe47c3aca92021-07-02T08:35:56ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymBio2150-75112017-04-0182e00440-1710.1128/mBio.00440-17Unexpected Relations of Historical Anthrax StrainM. H. AntwerpenJ. W. SahlD. BirdsellT. PearsonM. J. PearceC. RedmondH. MeyerP. S. KeimJulian ParkhillIn 1998, it was claimed that an 80-year-old glass tube intentionally filled with Bacillus anthracis and embedded in a sugar lump as a WWI biological weapon still contained viable spores. Today, genome sequencing of three colonies isolated in 1998 and subjected to phylogenetic analysis surprisingly identified a well-known B. anthracis reference strain isolated in the United States in 1981, pointing to accidental laboratory contamination.http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e00440-17
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