The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Klee, Silke R ^a   Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta B ^b   Nattermann, Herbert ^a   Brüggemann, Holger ^b,e   Dupke, Susann ^a   Wollherr, Antje ^b   Franz, Tatjana ^a   Pauli, Georg ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a,f   Liebl, Wolfgang ^b,g   Couacy Hymann, Emmanuel ^c   Boesch, Christophe ^d   Meyer, Frauke Dorothee ^b   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^b   Grunow, Roland ^a   Liesegang, Heiko ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LANADA/Laboratoire Central de Pathologie Animale   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REPLICON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOGENICITY; PRIMATE DISEASE; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KONKUKIAN; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAN;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLASMIDS; PRIMATE DISEASES; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955410062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010986     Document Type: Article

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