Molecular characterization of B. anthracis isolates from the anthrax outbreak among cattle in Karnataka, India

Abstract Background Anthrax, a zoonotic disease is caused by the Gram positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis. During January 2013, an anthrax outbreak among cattle was reported in Gundlupet Taluk, neighboring Bandipur National Park and tiger reserve, India. The present study aims at the molecular ide...

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Main Authors: Akanxa Roonie, Saugata Majumder, Joseph J. Kingston, Manmohan Parida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01917-1