Genome Sequences of Penicillin-Resistant Bacillus anthracis Strains.

Microbiol Resour Announc

Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Published: January 2019

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328647PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01122-18DOI Listing

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