Whole Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis MDMC_159, Isolated from the Moroccan Desert Erg Lihoudi

Amina Manni; Mariem Laamarti; Salah Eddine Azaroual; Issam Meftah Kadmiri; Rachid Daoud; Achraf El Allali; Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf

doi:10.1128/mra.01209-22

Whole Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis MDMC_159, Isolated from the Moroccan Desert Erg Lihoudi

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Mar 16;12(3):e0120922. doi: 10.1128/mra.01209-22. Epub 2023 Feb 13.

Authors

Amina Manni¹, Mariem Laamarti², Salah Eddine Azaroual³, Issam Meftah Kadmiri^{3

4}, Rachid Daoud², Achraf El Allali², Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
² African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco.
³ Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation, and Research, Rabat Design Center, Rabat, Morocco.
⁴ Microbiome, AgroBioSciences Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis strain MDMC_159, which was isolated from a deserted sandy area of Erg Lihoudi in southeastern Morocco. This strain is pathogenic and well adapted to the harsh conditions of the Moroccan desert.