Toxin and capsule production by Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis influence pathogenicity in macrophages and animal models

• Treenate Jiranantasak,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, 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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• Andrew P. Bluhm,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  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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• Donald J. Chabot,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Arthur Friedlander,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Richard Bowen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Ian A. McMillan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathogen Analysis and Translational Health Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

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• Ted L. Hadfield,

  Roles Supervision, 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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• Airn Hartwig,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jason K. Blackburn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, 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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• Michael H. Norris

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

  * E-mail: mhnorris@hawaii.edu

  Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Pathogen Analysis and Translational Health Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

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

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