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Data from University of Maryland, Medical Department advance knowledge in life sciences
February 10th, 2009
"The pathogenic bacterium Bacillus anthracis has become the subject of intense study as a result of its use in a bioterrorism attack in the United States in September and October 2001," scientists in the United States report. "Previous studies suggested that B. anthracis Ames Ancestor, the original Ames fully virulent plasmid-containing isolate, was the ideal reference," wrote J. Ravel and colleagues, University of Maryland, Medical Department. The researchers concluded: "This study describes the complete genome sequence of that original isolate, derived from a sample kept in cold storage since 1981." Ravel and colleagues...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-10)
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