Phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus anthracis strains from Western Siberia reveals a new genetic cluster in the global population of the species

Abstract Background Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The most anthrax-endemic regions of Russia are Siberia and North Caucasus. Previously, genotyping of Russian B.anthracis isolates was carried out using canSNP and MLVA data; these methods yiel...

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Main Authors: Sergey V. Pisarenko, Eugene I. Eremenko, Alla G. Ryazanova, Dmitry A. Kovalev, Nina P. Buravtseva, Lyudmila Yu. Aksenova, Zorigma F. Dugarzhapova, Anna Yu. Evchenko, Elena V. Kravets, Olga V. Semenova, Olga V. Bobrisheva, Irina V. Kuznetsova, Tatyana M. Golovinskaya, Anna S. Volynkina, Sergei V. Balakhonov, Alexander N. Kulichenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-6060-z