Draft Genome Assemblies of Phage AP50c-Resistant Derivatives of Bacillus anthracis Sterne Strain 7702 Lacking Plasmid pXO2

Samantha L Sholes; Sarah Harrison; Samantha Forrest; Sarah Ton; Sarah L Grady; Kathleen Verratti; Roger D Plaut; Bruce G Goodwin; Shanmuga Sozhamannan

doi:10.1128/mra.01313-22

Draft Genome Assemblies of Phage AP50c-Resistant Derivatives of Bacillus anthracis Sterne Strain 7702 Lacking Plasmid pXO2

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Feb 16;12(2):e0131322. doi: 10.1128/mra.01313-22. Epub 2023 Jan 31.

Authors

Samantha L Sholes¹, Sarah Harrison¹, Samantha Forrest¹, Sarah Ton¹, Sarah L Grady¹, Kathleen Verratti¹, Roger D Plaut², Bruce G Goodwin³, Shanmuga Sozhamannan^{3

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Affiliations

¹ The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
² Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND), Joint Project Lead for CBRND Enabling Biotechnologies, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Joint Research and Development, Inc., Stafford, Virginia, USA.

Abstract

Mutants of the attenuated Bacillus anthracis (Sterne) strain 7702 that are resistant to phage AP50c have been previously described. Here, we report the draft genome assemblies of the parent strain, several phage-resistant derivatives, and mutants of genes in the pathways for synthesis and assembly of the S-layer.