The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids.
Anthrax is a fatal disease caused by strains of Bacillus anthracis.Members of this monophyletic species are non motile and are all characterized by the presence of four prophages and a nonsense mutation in the plcR Toddler Sunglasses regulator gene.Here we report the complete genome sequence of a Bacillus strain isolated from a chimpanzee that had