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Nucleotide polymorphism assay for the identification of west African group Bacillus anthracis: a lineage lacking anthrose.
BMC microbiology - 7 Jan 2020
Zincke Diansy, Norris Michael H, Kurmanov Berzhan, Hadfield Ted L, Blackburn Jason K
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BACKGROUND: The exosporium of the anthrax-causing Bacillus anthracis endospores display a tetrasaccharide composed of three rhamnose residues and an unusual sugar termed anthrose. Anthrose is a proposed potential target for immunotherapy and for specific detection of B. anthracis. Although originally thought to be ubiquitous in B. anthracis, previous work identified an anthrose negative strain from a West African...
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