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Bacillus anthracis
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Bacillus anthracis is the etiologic agent o anthrax — a common disease o livestock an, occasionally, o humans — an the anly obligate pathogen within the genus Bacillus.[1]
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Bacillus anthracis | |
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Photomicrograph o Bacillus anthracis (fuchsin-methylene blue spore stain) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Cless: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Faimily: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Bacillus |
Species: | B. anthracis |
Binomial name | |
Bacillus anthracis Cohn 1872 | |
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