AAnthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, remains a cause for global concern, even if memories of the 2001 acts of bioterrorism where mail containing anthrax-causing spores were sent to media outlets ...

Scientists have identified the shape and features of the third protein that allows the anthrax bacillus to do its deadly work. While scientists have long been aware of the existence of the three ...

ANTHRAX is an acute, infective disease of man and animals and is caused by the anthrax bacillus, which becomes disseminated throughout the body so that every part is infectious. The many animal ...

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph shows rod-shaped Bacillus anthracis (yellow) and a red blood cell (red) in a monkey’s spleen. NIAID, ARTHUR FRIEDLANDER Approximately 75 researchers working ...

Proteins have a notoriously difficult time traversing the hydrophobic layers of the plasma membrane. But some species, such as Bacillus anthracis, have devised clever ways to push their proteins ...

In vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices for the detection of the Bacillus species were assigned to class II on Friday, following the release of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule. The IVDs ...