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Bacillus anthracis in China and its relationship to worldwide lineages.
BMC microbiology - 15 Apr 2009
Simonson Tatum S, Okinaka Richard T, Wang Bingxiang, Easterday W Ryan, Huynh Lynn, U'Ren Jana M, Dukerich Meghan, Zanecki Shaylan R, Kenefic Leo J, Beaudry Jodi, Schupp James M, Pearson Talima, Wagner David M, Hoffmaster Alex, Ravel Jacques, Keim Paul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The global pattern of distribution of 1033 B. anthracis isolates has previously been defined by a set of 12 conserved canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP). These studies reinforced the presence of three major lineages and 12 sub-lineages and sub-groups of this anthrax-causing pathogen. Isolates that form the A lineage (unlike the B and C lineages) have become widely dispersed throughout...
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