Standard anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which can be contracted through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Its ...

Given the possible severity of anthrax infection, early and fast diagnosis is key. InBios International, Inc., a developer of diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases and biothreats, has been ...

Anthrax is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium commonly found in the soil of endemic areas. It is primarily a disease of herbivorous ...

With the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) “super bugs” the need for new bactericidal approaches is growing in urgency. Compounding the threat of MDR, is the rise of antibiotic resistance in ...

Non-anthracis Bacillus species are ubiquitous gram-positive spore-forming organisms that were once believed to be nonpathogenic but are now recognized as causing a variety of infections. We report a ...

THE inability of certain bacterial species and genera to ferment various sugars has important taxonomic value. Such strains, it is stated, do not ferment a particular sugar, and bacteriologists assume ...

IN April, 1957, a twenty-eight-year-old man with a two-and-a-half-year history of confirmed sarcoidosis contracted fatal inhalation anthrax. The diagnosis was proved by pathological and bacteriologic ...