Genotyping and phylogenetic placement of Bacillus anthracis isolates from Finland, a country with rare anthrax cases

Anthrax, the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is nowadays rare in northern parts of Europe including Finland and Scandinavia. Only two minor outbreaks of anthrax in 1988 ...

Source: BMC Microbiology - September 3, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Taru Lienemann, Wolfgang Beyer, Kirsti Pelkola, Heidi Rossow, Alexandra Rehn, Markus Antwerpen and Gregor Grass Tags: Research article Source Type: research