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

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Vitalii Timofeev, Irina Bahtejeva, Raisa Mironova, Galina Titareva, Igor Lev, David Christiany, Alexander Borzilov, Alexander Bogun, Gilles Vergnaud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Yamal Peninsula; permafrost; Tundra; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209140; https://doaj.org/article/1ef5a68cbcc2455bae43adb1053a56e6

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 either due to the thawing...