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Ten Genome Sequences of Human and Livestock Isolates of Bacillus anthracis from the Country of Georgia.

ABSTRACT: Bacillus anthracis causes the acute fatal disease anthrax, is a proven biological weapon, and is endemic in Georgia, where human and animal cases are reported annually. Here, we present whole-genome sequences of 10 historical B. anthracis strains from Georgia.

SUBMITTER: Khmaladze E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427201 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ten Genome Sequences of Human and Livestock Isolates of Bacillus anthracis from the Country of Georgia.

Khmaladze Ekaterine E Dzavashvili Giorgi G Chanturia Gvantsa G Nikolich Mikeljon P MP Chain Patrick S G PSG Johnson Shannon L SL Imnadze Paata P

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Bacillus anthracis causes the acute fatal disease anthrax, is a proven biological weapon, and is endemic in Georgia, where human and animal cases are reported annually. Here, we present whole-genome sequences of 10 historical B. anthracis strains from Georgia. ...[more]

PMID: 28495766

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Project description:BackgroundAnthrax, the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is nowadays rare in northern parts of Europe including Finland and Scandinavia. Only two minor outbreaks of anthrax in 1988 and in 2004 and one sporadic infection in 2008 have been detected in animals in Finland since the 1970's. Here, we report on two Finnish B. anthracis strains that were isolated from spleen and liver of a diseased calf related to the outbreak in 1988 (strain HKI4363/88) and from a local scrotum and testicle infection of a bull in 2008 (strain BA2968). These infections occurred in two rural Finnish regions, i.e., Ostrobothnia in western Finland and Päijänne Tavastia in southern Finland, respectively.ResultsThe isolates were genetically characterized by PCR-based methods such as multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and whole genome-sequence analysis (WGS). Phylogenetic comparison of the two strains HKI4363/88 and BA2968 by chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis grouped these organisms within their relatives of the minor canonical A-branch canSNP-group A.Br.003/004 (A.Br.V770) or canonical B-branch B.Br.001/002, respectively. Strain HKI4363/88 clustered relatively closely with other members of the A.Br.003/004 lineage from Europe, South Africa, and South America. In contrast, strain BA2968 clearly constituted a new sublineage within B.Br.001/002 with its closest relative being HYO01 from South Korea.ConclusionsOur results suggest that Finland harbors both unique (autochthonous) and more widely distributed, common clades of B. anthracis. We suspect that members of the common clades such as strains HKI4363/88 have been introduced only recently by anthropogenic activities involving importation of contaminated animal products. On the other hand, autochthonous strains such as isolate BA2968 probably have an older history of their introduction into Finland as evidenced by a high number of single nucleotide variant sites in their genomes.

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Ten Genome Sequences of Human and Livestock Isolates of Bacillus anthracis from the Country of Georgia.

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Ten Genome Sequences of Human and Livestock Isolates of <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> from the Country of Georgia.

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