Insights from Bacillus anthracis strains isolated from permafrost in the tundra zone of Russia

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Timofeev, Vitalii, Bahtejeva, Irina, Mironova, Raisa, Titareva, Galina, Lev, Igor, Christiany, David, Borzilov, Alexander, Bogun, Alexander, Vergnaud, Gilles
• Other Authors: Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Yamal Peninsula; permafrost; Tundra; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02164042; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209140

International audience This article describes Bacillus anthracis strains isolated during an outbreak of anthrax on the Yamal Peninsula in the summer of 2016 and independently in Yakutia in 2015. A common feature of these strains is their conservation in permafrost, from which they were extracted eit...