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Bacillus anthracis
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Bacillus anthracis - a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweaponanthrax bacillusB, bacillus - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soilbioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon" |
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis[bə¦sil·əs ‚an′thrak·əs] (microbiology) A gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium that is the causative agent of anthrax; its spores can remain viable for many years in soil, water, and animal hides and products. Bacillus anthracis
Ba·cil·lus an·thra·cisa bacterial species that causes anthrax in humans, cattle, swine, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice; contains virulence plasmids associated with capsule and toxin production. See: anthrax.A gram-positive organism which causes often fatal infections when its endospores—resistant to heat, drying, UV light, gamma radiation, and many disinfectants—enter the body and cause septicemia
Military medicine B anthracis has been touted as a viable biological weapon; it was used only once, by the Japanese army in Manchuria in the 1940sBacillus anthracis Infectious disease A gram-positive organism which causes often fatal infections when its endospores–resistant to heat, drying, UV light, gamma radiation, and many disinfectants–enter the body and cause septicemia Military medicine B anthracis has been touted as a viable biological weapon; it was used only once, by the Japanese army in Manchuria in the 1940s. See Anthrax, Biological warfare. Ba·cil·lus an·thra·cis (bă-silŭs an-thrāsis) A bacterial species that causes anthrax in humans and animals; used in bioterrorism. Ba·cil·lus an·thra·cis (bă-silŭs an-thrāsis) Bacterial species that causes anthrax in humans, cattle, swine, and other animals. Bacillus anthracis
Related to Bacillus anthracis: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Vibrio cholerae, Bacillus anthracis toxinSynonyms for Bacillus anthracisnoun a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs)SynonymsRelated Words- B
- bacillus
- bioarm
- biological weapon
- bioweapon
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