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. 2017 Mar 9;5(10):e00002-17.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00002-17.

Genome Sequence of Historical Bacillus anthracis Strain Tyrol 4675 Isolated from a Bovine Anthrax Case in Austria

Markus Antwerpen  1 , Roman Wölfel  1 , Gregor Grass  2
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Genome Sequence of Historical Bacillus anthracis Strain Tyrol 4675 Isolated from a Bovine Anthrax Case in Austria

Markus Antwerpen et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

In 1988, an outbreak of anthrax occurred among cattle in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Since then, Austria has been declared anthrax-free. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of one of these last outbreak strains, Bacillus anthracis Tyrol 4675, isolated from a diseased cow.

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