title: Draft Genome Sequence of the Nonpathogenic, Thermotolerant, and Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacillus anthracis Strain PFAB2 from Panifala Hot Water Spring in West Bengal, India.
abstract: Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of fatal anthrax in both animals and humans. It is prevalently pathogenic. Here, we present a Bacillus anthracis PFAB2 strain from a relatively unexplored Panifala hot water spring in West Bengal, India. It is nonpathogenic, exopolysaccharide producing, and thermotolerant in nature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, UGC-Center of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, UGC-Center of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Urmi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.affiliation: CSIR, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Vasvi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
authors.forename: Rajeev K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.affiliation: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Shrikant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mantri
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, UGC-Center of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India rajibindia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajib
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bandopadhyay