Research Institute for Plague Control, Stavropol, Russia
The results of the prolonged and many-sided study of B.anthracis strain 81/1 by different authors are presented. The cultural and morphological, biochemical, antigenic, molecular-genetic characteristics of this strain give grounds for regarding it as a typical test strain to be used for the determination of the vaccines immunogenicity, the effectiveness of antibiotics and immunomodulators.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2005, No. 2, P. 100—104