Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis STI, a Sterne-Like Georgian/Soviet Vaccine Strain

Richard T Okinaka; Jean Challacombe; Kevin Drees; Dawn N Birdsell; Nicolette Janke; Amber Naumann; Meagan Seymour; Heidie Hornstra; James Schupp; Jason Sahl; Jeffrey T Foster; Talima Pearson; Peter Turnbull; Paul Keim

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00853-14

Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis STI, a Sterne-Like Georgian/Soviet Vaccine Strain

Genome Announc. 2014 Sep 18;2(5):e00853-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00853-14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Richard.Okinaka@nau.edu Paul.Keim@nau.edu.
² Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos New Mexico, USA.
³ Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
⁴ Pathogen Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
⁵ Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The Bacillus anthracis strain STI is a Soviet vaccine strain that lacks the pXO2 plasmid. Previous data indicate that this isolate forms a new branch within the B. anthracis sub-group originally identified as A. Br.008/009.