Genome sequence of Bacillus cereus and comparative analysis with Bacillus anthracis

Natalia Ivanova (), Alexei Sorokin, Iain Anderson, Nathalie Galleron, Benjamin Candelon, Vinayak Kapatral, Anamitra Bhattacharyya, Gary Reznik, Natalia Mikhailova, Alla Lapidus, Lien Chu, Michael Mazur, Eugene Goltsman, Niels Larsen, Mark D'Souza, Theresa Walunas, Yuri Grechkin, Gordon Pusch, Robert Haselkorn, Michael Fonstein, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Ross Overbeek and Nikos Kyrpides
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Natalia Ivanova: Integrated Genomics
Alexei Sorokin: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Iain Anderson: Integrated Genomics
Nathalie Galleron: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Benjamin Candelon: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Vinayak Kapatral: Integrated Genomics
Anamitra Bhattacharyya: Integrated Genomics
Gary Reznik: Life Sciences Operation, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute
Natalia Mikhailova: Integrated Genomics
Alla Lapidus: Integrated Genomics
Lien Chu: Integrated Genomics
Michael Mazur: Integrated Genomics
Eugene Goltsman: Integrated Genomics
Niels Larsen: Integrated Genomics
Mark D'Souza: Integrated Genomics
Theresa Walunas: Integrated Genomics
Yuri Grechkin: Integrated Genomics
Gordon Pusch: Integrated Genomics
Robert Haselkorn: Integrated Genomics
Michael Fonstein: Integrated Genomics
S. Dusko Ehrlich: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Ross Overbeek: Integrated Genomics
Nikos Kyrpides: Integrated Genomics

Nature, 2003, vol. 423, issue 6935, 87-91

Abstract: Abstract Bacillus cereus is an opportunistic pathogen causing food poisoning manifested by diarrhoeal or emetic syndromes1. It is closely related to the animal and human pathogen Bacillus anthracis and the insect pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis, the former being used as a biological weapon and the latter as a pesticide. B. anthracis and B. thuringiensis are readily distinguished from B. cereus by the presence of plasmid-borne specific toxins (B. anthracis and B. thuringiensis) and capsule (B. anthracis). But phylogenetic studies based on the analysis of chromosomal genes bring controversial results, and it is unclear whether B. cereus, B. anthracis and B. thuringiensis are varieties of the same species2 or different species3,4. Here we report the sequencing and analysis of the type strain B. cereus ATCC 14579. The complete genome sequence of B. cereus ATCC 14579 together with the gapped genome of B. anthracis A20125 enables us to perform comparative analysis, and hence to identify the genes that are conserved between B. cereus and B. anthracis, and the genes that are unique for each species. We use the former to clarify the phylogeny of the cereus group, and the latter to determine plasmid-independent species-specific markers.

Date: 2003
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