Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Bacillus anthracis from Sverdlovsk Tissue

نویسندگان

  • Richard T. Okinaka
  • Melinda Henrie
  • Karen K. Hill
  • KristinS. Lowery
  • Matthew Van Ert
  • Talima Pearson
  • James Schupp
  • Leo Kenefic
  • Jodi Beaudry
  • Steven A. Hofstadler
  • Paul J. Jackson
  • Paul Keim
چکیده

A small number of conserved canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP) that define major phylogenetic branches for Bacillus anthracis were used to place a Sverdlovsk patient's B. anthracis genotype into 1 of 12 subgroups. Reconstruction of the pagA gene also showed a unique SNP that defines a new lineage for B. anthracis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008