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Higher Order Taxa:

Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Firmicutes Class: Bacilli Order: Bacillales Family: Bacillaceae Genus: Bacillus Species: Bacillus anthracis (Cohn 1872)

Description and significance


Genome Structure

There are currently 6 sequencing projects in progress and 5 complete genomes for the Bacillus anthracis bacteria. The complete genome sequence was first obtained using whole-genome shotgun sequencing.

Bacillus anthracis has one chromosome and its genome is 5.5 Mb in size. The chromosome contains 5,227,419 base pairs. Its virulence factors are encoded on two plasmids, pXO1 (anthrax toxin, 181,677-bp) and pXO2 (capsule genes, 94,830-bp).

(Ravel 445)

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