Article
Identification and characterization of clinical Bacillus spp. isolates phenotypically similar to Bacillus anthracis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Dec 2010
Beesley Cari A, Vanner Cynthia L, Helsel Leta O, Gee Jay E, Hoffmaster Alex R
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax, is a gram-positive, spore-forming rod, with colonies exhibiting a unique ground-glass appearance, and lacking hemolysis and motility. In addition to these phenotypes, several others traits are characteristic of B. anthracis such as susceptibility to gamma phage, the presence of two virulence plasmids (pX01 and pX02), and specific cell wall and capsular...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
