Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis (2004)
Achtman,Mark, Morelli,Giovanna, Zhu,Peixuan X., Wirth,Thierry, Diehl,Ines, Kusecek,Barica, ...
The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...
Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis (2004)
Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan X., Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...
Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis
Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan, Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...
The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...
Easterday, W. Ryan, Van Ert, Matthew N., Simonson, Tatum S., Wagner, David M., Kenefic, Leo J., Allender, Christopher J., ...
A TaqMan-minor groove binding assay designed around a nonsense mutation in the plcR gene was used to genotype Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis isolates. The assay differentiated B....
U'Ren, Jana M., Van Ert, Matthew N., Schupp, James M., Easterday, W. Ryan, Simonson, Tatum S., Okinaka, Richard T., ...
A TaqMan allelic-discrimination assay designed around a synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism was used to genotype Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei isolates. The assay rapidly...
Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis
Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan, Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...
The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...
Easterday, W. Ryan, Van Ert, Matthew N., Simonson, Tatum S., Wagner, David M., Kenefic, Leo J., Allender, Christopher J., ...
A TaqMan-minor groove binding assay designed around a nonsense mutation in the plcR gene was used to genotype Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis isolates. The assay differentiated B....
U'Ren, Jana M., Van Ert, Matthew N., Schupp, James M., Easterday, W. Ryan, Simonson, Tatum S., Okinaka, Richard T., ...
A TaqMan allelic-discrimination assay designed around a synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism was used to genotype Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei isolates. The assay rapidly...
Strain-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain† ▿
Van Ert, Matthew N., Easterday, W. Ryan, Simonson, Tatum S., U'Ren, Jana M., Pearson, Talima, Kenefic, Leo J., ...
Highly precise diagnostics and forensic assays can be developed through a combination of evolutionary analysis and the exhaustive examination of genomic sequences. In Bacillus anthracis, whole-genome...
Global Genetic Population Structure of Bacillus anthracis
Van Ert, Matthew N., Easterday, W. Ryan, Huynh, Lynn Y., Okinaka, Richard T., Hugh-Jones, Martin E., Ravel, Jacques, ...
Anthrax, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a disease of historical and current importance that is found throughout the world. The basis of its historical transmission is anecdotal and...