Spanish Outbreak Isolates Bridge Phylogenies of European and American .

The geographical origin of a major present-day phylogenetic group (A branch WNA; A.Br.WNA) of American is controversial.

Development of a specific real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection and differentiation of Coxiella burnetii strains from environmental soil samples.

Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a small, coccoid, Gram-negative strict intracellular pathogen. One of the most common ways of acquiring Q fever is through inhalation of aerosols containing the bacteria. Because C.

Phylogenetic Placement of Isolates Within the Trans-Eurasian Clade A.Br.008/009 of .

The largest phylogenetic lineage known to date of the anthrax pathogen is the wide-spread, so-called Trans-Eurasian clade systematically categorized as the A.Br.008/009 group sharing two defining canonical single-nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP).