September 2015 SPADA Meeting

Selection of the original Bacillus anthracis Inclusivity & Exclusivity Panels

Toluidine blue stain. Bacillus anthracis cells in a bovine spleen. Anthrax bacilli in tissue are seen in short chains

surrounded by a common capsule

Strains picked and rationale for selection

Presented by Paul J. Jackson For the SPADA BA Working Group

Previous SPADA Ba Subgroup Members

Ted Hadfield, MRI (co-chair) Paul Jackson, LLNL (co-chair) Alex Hoffmaster, CDC Rich Meyer, CDC Matthew Van Ert, MRI Mark Wolcott, USAMRIID