Table 1.

Bacillus anthracis strains used in this study

Strain denomination		Plasmids1
Name	Alternate designation	pXO1	pXO2	Pathogenesis	Source
A0256	K6428/11	+	+	Virulent	Louisiana State University
A0372	K0404/#40/BA1000 Vollum	+	+	Virulent	Louisiana State University
Sterne	Sterne 1043	+	−	Attenuated	Los Alamos National Laboratory
A0141	Pasteur	−	+	Attenuated	Louisiana State University

¹Plasmids are indicated as present (+) or absent (−).