The capsule of Bacillus anthracis protects it from the bactericidal activity of human defensins and other cationic antimicrobial peptides

• David K. O’Brien,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: DynPort Vaccine Company, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wilson J. Ribot,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Donald J. Chabot,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Angelo Scorpio,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: National Biological Threat Characterization Center, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Steven A. Tobery,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Tanya M. Jelacic,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Zhibin Wu,

  Roles Resources

  Current address: ChemPacific Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Arthur M. Friedlander

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

  * E-mail: arthur.friedlander3.civ@health.mil, justawoo2@gmail.com

  Affiliations United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Uniformed University of Health Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5349-3158

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