Project description:The High Temperature Requirement (HtrA) chaperone/protease is involved in the stress-response of the anthrax-causing pathogen Bacillus anthracis. Resilience to oxidative stress is essential for manifestation of B. anthracis pathogenicity. We submitt transcriptome data sets detailing global gene expression in B. anthracis wild-type and htrA-disrupted strains following H2O2-induced oxidative stress.
Project description:The aim of the study was to carry out a CGH study utilizing a set of 39 diverse Bacillus isolates. Thirty four B. cereus and five B. anthracis strains and isolates were chosen so as to represent different lineages based on previous characterizations, including MLEE and MLST (Helgason, Okstad et al. 2000; Helgason, Tourasse et al. 2004). They represent the spectrum of B. cereus phenotypic diversity by including soil, dairy and periodontal isolates in addition to virulent B. anthracis strains.