Genome Sequence of a Bacillus anthracis Outbreak Strain from Zambia, 2011

Naomi Ohnishi,Fumito Maruyama,Hirohito Ogawa,Hirokazu Kachi,Shunsuke Yamada,Daisuke Fujikura,Ichiro Nakagawa,Mudenda B. Hang'ombe,Yuka Thomas,Aaron S. Mweene,Hideaki Higashi

Genome Sequence of a Bacillus anthracis Outbreak Strain from Zambia, 2011

2014

Naomi Ohnishi
Fumito Maruyama
Hirohito Ogawa
Hirokazu Kachi
Shunsuke Yamada
Daisuke Fujikura
Ichiro Nakagawa
Mudenda B. Hang'ombe
Yuka Thomas
Aaron S. Mweene
Hideaki Higashi

ABSTRACT In August 2011, an anthrax outbreak occurred among Hippopotamus amphibius hippopotamuses and humans in Zambia. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the Bacillus anthracis outbreak strain CZC5, isolated from tissues of H. amphibius hippopotamuses that had died in the outbreak area.

Keywords:

Hippopotamus amphibius
Bacillus anthracis
Outbreak
Microbiology
Virology
Whole genome sequencing
Strain (chemistry)
Biology

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