Genetic Diversity among Bacillus anthracis Soil Isolates at Fine Geographic Scales

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Stratilo, Chad W., Bader, Douglas E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426704; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22773624; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01036-12

Environmental samples were collected from carcass sites during and after anthrax outbreaks in 2000 and 2001 in the bison (Bison bison) population within Wood Buffalo National Park and the Hook Lake Region north of Wood Buffalo National Park. Bacillus anthracis spores were isolated from these samples...