Genome Sequences of Penicillin-Resistant Bacillus anthracis Strains

Amy S Gargis; Christine Lascols; Heather P McLaughlin; Andrew B Conley; Alex R Hoffmaster; David Sue

doi:10.1128/MRA.01122-18

Genome Sequences of Penicillin-Resistant Bacillus anthracis Strains

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 10;8(2):e01122-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01122-18. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Amy S Gargis¹, Christine Lascols¹, Heather P McLaughlin¹, Andrew B Conley², Alex R Hoffmaster³, David Sue¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² IHRC-Georgia Tech Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent of anthrax, is characteristically susceptible to penicillin despite containing two chromosomal β-lactamase genes. Few naturally occurring penicillin-resistant B. anthracis isolates have been reported. Here, we report the draft genome sequences for three penicillin-resistant B. anthracis strains, strain 32, UT308, and SK57.