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.

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