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

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.

Genome Announcements

American Society for Microbiology

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10.1128/genomeA.00116-14

https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00116-14
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24604644