Genomic Study of 412 Anthrax Strains Provides New Virulence Clues
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 23:34
in Biology & Nature
By analyzing genomic sequences from more than 400 strains of the bacterium that causes anthrax, researchers have provided the first evidence that the severity - technically known as virulence - of specific strains may be related to the number of copies of certain plasmids they carry.