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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED (Rev.01-31-2003) DATE 12-09-2008 BY 60324 C BAW/RS/VCF FEDeRAL BUReAU OF InVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/14/2004 To: Counterterrorism Attn: WMDOU, SSA b6 Inspection Attn: IIC b7C Washington Field From: Washington Field b6 Amerithrax 3 b7C Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: b6 b7C Case ID #: 279A-WF-222936-BATTELLE (Pending) -q! Title: AMERITHRAX; MAJOR CASE 184 Synopsis: To report on the genealogy of the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis at Battelle.. Enclosure(s) : Attachment A: Chart titled "Shipments of B.a. Ames to. Battelle's Attachment B: Chart titled "Shipments of B.a. Ames to b6 b7C Battelle's Attachment C: Chart Titled "Internal Transfers of B.a. Ames from Details: Between October 1994 and September 200l, a total of seven shipments of the Ames strain of Bacillus anthracis (B.a.) were received at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio Attachments A and B). The laboratory at Battelle's. was the recipient of thefirst. three cultures of B.a. Ames, while the latter isolates were sent to laboratories within Battelle's. also known as the . Four of the seven shipments derived from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (UsamRIid). Additionally, one shipment of. B.a. Ames was sent from each of the following: IIr Research Institute (IITRI), Dugway Proving Grounds (DPG), and the 1.ec 9q b7C