Rapid Nanopore Whole-Genome Sequencing for Anthrax Emergency Preparedness
Heather P. McLaughlin
, Julia V. Bugrysheva, Andrew B. Conley, Christopher A. Gulvik, Blake Cherney, Cari B. Kolton, Chung K. Marston, Elke Saile, Erin Swaney, David Lonsway, Amy S. Gargis, Thiphasone Kongphet-Tran, Christine Lascols, Pierre Michel, Julie Villanueva, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Jay E. Gee, and David Sue
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (H.P. McLaughlin, J.V. Bugrysheva, C.A. Gulvik, B. Cherney, C.B. Kolton, C.K. Marston, E. Saile, D. Lonsway, A.S. Gargis, T. Kongphet-Tran, C. Lascols, P. Michel, J. Villanueva, A.R. Hoffmaster, J.E. Gee, D. Sue); IHRC–Georgia Tech Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta (A.B. Conley); Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory, Austin, Texas, USA (E. Swaney)
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Figure 2. Circular maps of the whole-genome–sequenced Bacillus anthracis Ba0914 chromosome and 2 plasmids, pXO1 and pXO2, assembled by using rapid nanopore sequencing and short-read sequencing. (Maps are not to scale.)
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