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. 2012 Nov;194(21):5997-8.
doi: 10.1128/JB.01410-12.

Draft genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis UR-1, isolated from a German heroin user

Christian Rückert  1 , Katharina Licht, Jörn Kalinowski, Christophe Espírito Santo, Markus Antwerpen, Matthias Hanczaruk, Udo Reischl, Thomas Holzmann, André Gessner, Carsten Tiemann, Gregor Grass
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Draft genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis UR-1, isolated from a German heroin user

Christian Rückert et al. J Bacteriol. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis UR-1, isolated from a fatal case of injectional anthrax in a German heroin user. Analysis of the genome sequence of strain UR-1 may aid in describing phylogenetic relationships between virulent heroin-associated isolates of B. anthracis isolated in the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries.

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