Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis

• Michael H. Norris ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mhnorris@ufl.edu

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0432

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• Alexander Kirpich,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population Health Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Andrew P. Bluhm,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Diansy Zincke,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Ted Hadfield,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Jose Miguel Ponciano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-7840

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• Jason K. Blackburn

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-4831

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