Fig 1.
Geographic locations of carcasses.
Red diamonds show sites where Bacillus cereus bv anthracis isolates have been detected, the star represents the site where the bovine isolate B. cereus JF3964 was found. Locations (GPS data) and animal carcasses for B. cereus bv anthracis are: Taï National Park (CI)–chimpanzee (5°50.876’N, 7°19.679’W); Dja Wildlife Reserve (CAM)–gorilla, chimpanzee (3°07.589’N, 13°06.543’E); Dzanga-Sangha (RCA)–gorilla, chimpanzee, elephant (2°53.747’N, 16°24.208’E); Luebo (DRC)–goat (5°21.074’S, 21°25.298’E). Strain JF3964: Koza (CAM)–cattle (10°57.769’N, 13°55.560’E).
Table 1.
Comparison of selected microbiological and molecular features of Bacillus cereus bv anthracis strains.
Fig 2.
Maximum likelihood tree based on core chromosomal SNP data.
A: Full tree. B: Zoom-in focused on the Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis clade. Bacillus anthracis sequences are black, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis red and B. cereus bv anthracis blue. Branch support values were estimated by approximate likelihood ratio tests and are only reported for these internal branches not supported by maximal values. This tree was rooted with TempEst v1.5.
Fig 3.
Maximum likelihood tree based on core plasmid SNP data.
A: pXO1. B: pXO2. Bacillus anthracis sequences are black, Bacillus cereus red and Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis blue. Branch support values were estimated by approximate likelihood ratio tests and are only reported for these internal branches not supported by maximal values. The trees were rooted with TempEst v1.5.