Bacillus anthracis

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Broader Terms

Bacillus

Related Terms

anthrax, anthrax toxin, anthrax vaccine, bioterrorism /chemical warfare

Scope Note

causes anthrax in humans and animals.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • Bacillus anthracis is very large, Gram-positive, sporeforming rod, 1 - 1.
  • 69 35f6 Bacillus anthracis(1708 total words in this text)(7063 Reads) Bacillus anthracis is an appropriate microbe to begin our examination of pathogenesis, because it was the first bacterium shown to cause a disease by Robert Koch in 1877.
  • Capsule synthesis by Bacillus anthracis is required for dissemination in murine inhalation anthrax.
  • The genome of Bacillus anthracis is 5,227,293 base pairs long with 5,508 predicted protein-coding regions.
  • Bacillus anthracis Wikipedia Bacillus anthracis Bacillus anthracis is a Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bacillus.

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