Exemplar DOI 10.1601/ex.15221 Strain Identifiers Ames Ancestor (=Bovine TX =A0248) A0248 Ames Ancestor Bovine TX Taxonomic Placement Bacillus anthracis

Type Status	This is a non-type strain of Bacillus anthracis Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Plasmid	AE017335
Plasmid	NC_007323
Chromosome	AE017334
Chromosome	NC_007530
Plasmid	NC_007322
Plasmid	AE017336
Citation	When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Exemplar Abstract for Ames Ancestor (=Bovine TX =A0248). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/ex.15221.
Source File	10.1601/ex.15221.xml

This virulent strain (MLST genotype GT62, group A3b) was isolated in 1981 from a dead 14-month-old female Beefmaster heifer in Sarita, Texas. The "Ames" misnomer arose in 1981 when cultures were shipped from Texas A&M University to the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases using an old address label from Ames, Iowa. This strain is now referred to as "Ames Ancestor" in order to distinguish it from its descendant.

This information was last reviewed on June 20, 2017.