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Clinical, forensic, and environmental samples that test positive by PCR protocols established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            are considered to be potentially\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            until confirmed by culture and a secondary battery of tests. We report the presence of 10 genes (\n            <jats:italic>acpA<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>capA<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>capB<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>capC<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>capR<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>capD<\/jats:italic>\n            , IS\n            <jats:italic>1627<\/jats:italic>\n            , ORF 48, ORF 61, and\n            <jats:italic>repA<\/jats:italic>\n            ) and the sequence for the capsule promoter normally found on pX02 in\n            <jats:italic>Bacillus circulans<\/jats:italic>\n            and a\n            <jats:italic>Bacillus<\/jats:italic>\n            species closely related to\n            <jats:italic>Bacillus luciferensis<\/jats:italic>\n            . Tests revealed these sequences to be present on a large plasmid in each isolate. The 11 sequences consistently matched to\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            plasmid pX02, GenBank accession numbers AF188935.1, AE011191.1, and AE017335.3. The percent nucleotide identities for\n            <jats:italic>capD<\/jats:italic>\n            and the capsule promoter were 99.9% and 99.7%, respectively, and for the remaining nine genes, the nucleotide identity was 100% for both isolates. The presence of these genes, which are usually associated with the pX02 plasmid, in two soil\n            <jats:italic>Bacillus<\/jats:italic>\n            species unrelated to\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            alerts us to the necessity of identifying additional sequences that will signal the presence of\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            in clinical, forensic, and environmental samples.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.00154-06","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,7]],"date-time":"2006-07-07T17:56:08Z","timestamp":1152294968000},"page":"2367-2377","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["<i>Bacillus anthracis<\/i>\n            Virulent Plasmid pX02 Genes Found in Large Plasmids of Two Other\n            <i>Bacillus<\/i>\n            Species"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Vicki A.","family":"Luna","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Biological Defense, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Debra S.","family":"King","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Biological Defense, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"K. 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