
Exemplar DOI	10.1601/ex.15237

Strain Identifiers	Tsiankovskii-I (=Tsiankovskii-1)
	Tsiankovskii-I
	Tsiankovskii-1

Taxonomic Placement	Bacillus anthracis


Type Status	This is a non-type strain of Bacillus anthracis Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Plasmid	ABDN02000062
Chromosome	ABDN00000000
Plasmid	ABDN02000061

Citation	When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Exemplar Abstract for Tsiankovskii-I (=Tsiankovskii-1). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/ex.15237.
Source File	10.1601/ex.15237.xml

Tsiankovskii-I is unique as it contains both of the known virulence plasmids of B. anthracis and was successfully used to immunize livestock in the Soviet Union until 1960. MLVA group A1a.


This information was last reviewed on June 20, 2017.

References

Okinaka RT, Challacombe J, Drees K, Birdsell DN, Janke N, Naumann A, Seymour M, Hornstra H, Schupp J, Sahl J, Foster JT, Pearson T, Turnbull P, Keim P. Genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis STI, a Sterne-Like Georgian/Soviet vaccine strain. Genome Announc 2014; 2:e00853-14. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00853-14 [PubMed].