Genomic study of 412 anthrax strains provides new virulence clues
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 18:50
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.