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BioProject 273 338 -
BioSample 2,925 3,106 -
Conserved Domains 11 11 -
GEO DataSets 430 1,040 -
Gene 509 48,692 -
Identical Protein Groups 232,519 235,274 -
Nucleotide 52,609 55,542 280
PubChem BioAssay 1,104 1,151 -
PMC 12,560 12,560 -
Protein 1,606,112 1,766,464 -
SRA 2,462 2,885 -
Structure 272 480 -
Taxonomy 49 49 -

Bacillus anthracis

Taxonomy ID: 1392 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1392)
current name
Bacillus anthracis  Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) in  in  [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)] , [Cohn F (1872)]
type strain of Bacillus anthracis: ATCC : 14578 , CIP : 66.17 , NCTC : 10340 , personal : Vollum , personal : Sneath D455 , NCIMB : 9388 , personal : A0488 , personal : K4596
includes:
Bacillus anthracis pXO1 virulence plasmid
Bacillus sp. BHR1P1B3
Bacillus sp. CHRIP2B2
Bacillus sp. BHR1P2B2
homotypic synonym:
"Bacteridium anthracis"  (Cohn 1872) Hauduroy et al. 1953 , effective name  1)
"Bacillus cereus var. anthracis"  (Cohn 1872) Smith et al. 1946 , effective name  2)
"Bacillus cereus variety anthracis" Klee et al. 2010 non "Bacillus cereus var. anthracis" (Cohn 1872) Smith et al. 1946 in [Klee SR et al. (2010)]
Genbank common name: anthrax bacterium
NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Bacillus cereus group

Notes:

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Cohn F (1872)
Klee SR et al. (2010) , doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010986 , Pubmed: abstract
Klee, S.R., Brzuszkiewicz, E.B., Nattermann, H., Brüggemann, H., Dupke, S., Wollherr, A., Franz, T., Pauli, G., Appel, B., Liebl, W., Couacy-Hymann, E., Boesch, C., Meyer, F.D., Leendertz, F.H., Ellerbrok, H., Gottschalk, G., Grunow, R., and Liesegang, H. "The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids." PLoS ONE (2010) 5(7):e10986.
image:Bacillus anthracis
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* Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.
Henderson I et al. (1994)
Henderson, I., Duggleby, C.J., and Turnbull, P.C. "Differentiation of Bacillus anthracis from other Bacillus cereus group bacteria with the PCR." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44(1):99-105.

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