Laboratory strains of Bacillus anthracis exhibit pervasive alteration in expression of proteins related to sporulation under laboratory conditions relative to genetically related wild strains

• Owen P. Leiser ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: owen.leiser@pnnl.gov

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1190-5596

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• Jason K. Blackburn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Ted L. Hadfield,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Helen W. Kreuzer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

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• David S. Wunschel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

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• Cindy J. Bruckner-Lea

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical and Biological Signature Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

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