Shuang Wang, Hengjie Xie, Lu Liu, Lei Du, Fang Yin, Yuzhen Chen, Ziqing Liu, Gaoxiang Sun, Xiaomei Zhang, Dapeng Sun, Ming Fang, Lixiao Cheng, Yanru Chen, Zengqiang Kou, Beiwen Zheng
ABSTRACT Bacillus paranthracis , a Gram-positive conditional pathogen of Bacillus cereus group species, is capable of causing foodborne and waterborne illnesses, leading to intestinal diseases in humans characterized by diarrhea and vomiting. However, documented cases of B. paranthracis infection outbreaks are rare in the world, and the genomic background of outbreak strains is seldom characterized. This study retrospectively analyzed strains obtained from a outbreak in schools, as well as from water systems in peri-urban areas, China, in 2020...
April 30, 2024: Emerging Microbes & Infections