PRJNA46077
Bacillus atrophaeus Detrick-1 whole genome sequencing project
<b><i>Bacillus atrophaeus</i> Detrick-1</b>. This project will compare modern type strains (e.g. ATCC 9372), strains currently in use within the biodefense community to archival strains of <i>B. atrophaeus</i> to trace the microevolution of <i>B. atrophaeus</i> during more than 70 years of development and use. In addition, this project compares <i>B. atrophaeus</i> subsp. globigii strains to the more distantly related <i>B. atrophaeus</i> subsp. atrophaeus strains.   Strain Detrick-1 is one of three major colony morphology variants detected from a sample returned to the University of Wisconsin from Camp Detrick in 1952.  It represents the immediate progenitor of the strains currently in use in the biodefense community.