Draft Genome Sequences of Two South African Bacillus anthracis Strains

Kgaugelo E Lekota; Joseph Mafofo; Evelyn Madoroba; Jasper Rees; Henriette van Heerden; Farai C Muchadeyi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01313-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Two South African Bacillus anthracis Strains

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 19;3(6):e01313-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01313-15.

Authors

Kgaugelo E Lekota¹, Joseph Mafofo², Evelyn Madoroba³, Jasper Rees², Henriette van Heerden⁴, Farai C Muchadeyi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, South Africa Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa University of South Africa College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Florida Campus, Florida, South Africa.
² Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
³ Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa University of South Africa College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Florida Campus, Florida, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
⁵ Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, South Africa muchadeyif@arc.agric.za.

Abstract

Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes anthrax, mainly in herbivores through exotoxins and capsule produced on plasmids, pXO1 and pXO2. This paper compares the whole-genome sequences of two B. anthracis strains from an endemic region and a sporadic outbreak in South Africa. Sequencing was done using next-generation sequencing technologies.