
Exemplar DOI	10.1601/ex.4871

Strain Identifiers	Sneath D455 (=Vollum =CDC Vollum =NCTC 10340 =K4596 =ATCC 14578 =A0488 =NCIB 9388)
	CDC Vollum
	NCTC 10340
	Sneath D455
	K4596
	ATCC 14578
	A0488
	NCIB 9388
	Vollum

Taxonomic Placement	Bacillus anthracis


Type Status	This is the type strain for Bacillus anthracis Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
16S gene	AAEP01000036#(revcomp),{2709-4248}
16S gene	AAEP01000038#(revcomp),{1792-3331}
16S gene	AAEP01000044#{9895-11435}
16S gene	AAEP01000045#{6550-8089}
16S gene	AB190217
Feature NCBI BioSample	SAMN02435883
16S gene	AAEP01000047#(revcomp),{19753-21292}
16S gene	AAEP01000046#{239409-240948}
Chromosome	AAEP00000000
16S gene	AAEP01000043#{17155-18694}
16S gene	AAEP01000040#{185972-187511}
16S gene	AAEP01000039#{542-2080}
Chromosome	ABJC00000000

Citation	When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Exemplar Abstract for Sneath D455 (=Vollum =CDC Vollum =NCTC 10340 =K4596 =ATCC 14578 =A0488 =NCIB 9388). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/ex.4871.
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The original strains of Koch appear to have been lost in 1945. This neotype strain (the Vollum strain, isolated from bovine anthrax) is from the Microbiological Research Establishment (Porton, Wilshire, England) and was deposited by T. Gibson (School of Agriculture, Edinburgh) in 1963 as ATCC 14578, NCIB 9388 and NCTC 10340. Most repositories removed this strain (biohazard group ACDP 3) from their public collections. This low virulence strain (MLST genotype GT77, group A4) is commonly used in research studies and closely related strains have been found in the UK, Spain, and Zimbabwe. Bacillus anthracis spores are available from the Bioterrorism Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The K4596 identifier was assigned by the Special Pathogens Laboratory, Department of Pathological Sciences, Louisiana State University.


This information was last reviewed on July 17, 2018.

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