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    Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium that causes anthrax, a deadly disease to livestock and, occasionally, to humans. It is the...
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    disinfectants. Bacillus anthracis needs oxygen to sporulate; this constraint has important consequences for epidemiology and control. In vivo, B. anthracis produces...
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    motility. The Bacillus cereus group comprises seven closely related species: B. cereus sensu stricto (referred to herein as B. cereus), B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis...
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    Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intestinal absorption...
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    and plantazolicin, an antibiotic with selective activity against Bacillus anthracis. It is used in agriculture, aquaculture, and hydroponics to fight...
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    reported in spores of at least some Bacillus species, including those of Bacillus cereus, a close relative of B. anthracis." According to spore expert Peter...
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    Entwicklungsgeschichte des Bacillus Anthracis (The Etiology of Anthrax Disease, Based on the Developmental History of Bacillus Anthracis) in 1876 while working...
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  • weaponization is the development and deployment of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or, more commonly, its spore (referred to as anthrax), as a biological...
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    of medical bacteriology. His discovery of the anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) in 1876 is considered as the birth of modern bacteriology. Koch used...
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  • Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis is a variant of the Bacillus cereus bacterium that has acquired plasmids similar to those of Bacillus anthracis. As a...
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  • DM (1 September 2010). "Identifying experimental surrogates for Bacillus anthracis spores: a review". Investigative Genetics. 1 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/2041-2223-1-4...
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    bacterial species that can form endospores include Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium...
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    three-protein exotoxin secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis—the causative agent of anthrax. The toxin was first discovered by...
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    its weaponized anti-personnel bio-agents as either "lethal agents" (Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Botulinum toxin) or "incapacitating agents"...
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  • an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax may also refer to: Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium responsible for anthrax, the...
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  • Ames strain is one of 89 known strains of the anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis). It was isolated from a diseased 14-month-old Beefmaster heifer that...
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    pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis (the cause of anthrax). Bacilli are almost exclusively gram-positive bacteria. The name Bacillus, capitalized and...
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  • outbreaks of anthrax, a disease of humans and other mammals caused by Bacillus anthracis, organized by year. "Emergencies, preparedness, response: Anthrax"...
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    members of the media, of several anonymous letters which contained Bacillus anthracis, commonly referred to as anthrax. On February 19, 2010, the FBI released...
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    bacteria to obtain this metal. For example, the anthrax pathogen Bacillus anthracis releases two siderophores, bacillibactin and petrobactin, to scavenge...
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  • monoclonal antibody medication designed for the treatment of exposure to Bacillus anthracis spores (etiologic agent of anthrax). The medication was developed...
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    in the Bacillus cereus group which is variously defined as: seven closely related species: B. cereus sensu stricto (B. cereus), B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis...
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    et al. Nonhemolytic, Nonmotile Gram-Positive Rods Indicative of Bacillus anthracis. Emerg Infect Dis. 9:1013–1015 (2003) Mohammad, Salma Malihah; Mahmud-Ab-Rashid...
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    others, is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax vaccine adsorbed originated in studies done in the 1950s...
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  • On 2 April 1979, spores of Bacillus anthracis (the causative agent of anthrax) were accidentally released from a Soviet military research facility in the...
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    the livestock and human disease anthrax, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. They have had a prominent place in the history of medicine, from...
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    Entwicklungsgeschichte des Bacillus anthracis" [Investigations into bacteria: V. The etiology of anthrax, based on the ontogenesis of Bacillus anthracis] (PDF). Cohns...
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    Gram-positive causes of pneumonia are Staphylococcus aureus (J15.2) and Bacillus anthracis. Gram-negative bacteria are seen less frequently: Haemophilus influenzae...
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  • genus Bacillus includes the model organism, B. subtilis, and two widely known human pathogens, B. anthracis and B. cereus. Other strains of Bacillus bacteria...
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    frequently attributed in medicine to cutaneous anthrax (infection by Bacillus anthracis), which may be contracted through herd animal exposure and also from...
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