Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus anthracis Strains Stored for Several Decades in Japan

Akiko Okutani; Makoto Osaki; Daisuke Takamatsu; Yoshihiro Kaku; Satoshi Inoue; Shigeru Morikawa

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00633-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus anthracis Strains Stored for Several Decades in Japan

Genome Announc. 2015 Jun 18;3(3):e00633-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00633-15.

Authors

Akiko Okutani¹, Makoto Osaki², Daisuke Takamatsu, Yoshihiro Kaku³, Satoshi Inoue³, Shigeru Morikawa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan okutani@nih.go.jp.
² Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequences of Bacillus anthracis strains Shikan-NIID, 52-40-NIAH, and 44-NIAH stored in Japan and belonging to the A3 cluster.