Closed Genome Sequence Obtained Using Hybrid Nanopore/Illumina Assembly of a Bacillus anthracis Isolate from an Animal-Skin-Drum-Associated Anthrax Case in the United Kingdom

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Oct 4;7(13):e00802-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00802-18. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Hybrid de novo assembly of Illumina/Nanopore reads produced a complete closed genome sequence of the chromosome and two virulence plasmids of a Bacillus anthracis isolate from a fatal anthrax case in the United Kingdom linked to imported animal skins/drums; this provides a high-quality representative sequence for this lineage.