Genome Sequence of Bacillus pumilus Strain Bonn, Isolated from an Anthrax-Like Necrotic Skin Infection Site of a Child

Gregor Grass; Gabriele Bierbaum; Ernst Molitor; Natascha Götte; Markus Antwerpen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01741-15

Genome Sequence of Bacillus pumilus Strain Bonn, Isolated from an Anthrax-Like Necrotic Skin Infection Site of a Child

Genome Announc. 2016 Feb 11;4(1):e01741-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01741-15.

Authors

Gregor Grass¹, Gabriele Bierbaum², Ernst Molitor², Natascha Götte³, Markus Antwerpen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
³ Pediatric Surgery, Lohmar, Germany.
⁴ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany [email protected].

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus pumilus strain Bonn associated with human skin infection. B. pumilus Bonn was isolated from a carbuncle-like necrotic site, resembling cutaneous anthrax, on the back of the hand of a 10-year-old child.

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