Anthrax bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis). Anthrax bacteria are rod-shaped, Gram-pos

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Anthrax bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis). Anthrax bacteria are rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria which are highly pathogenic. Commonly an infection of livestock, is transmitted to humans by contact with contaminated animal hair, hides or excrement. Two forms of the disease occur: pneumonia in the lungs (woolsorter's disease), and cutaneous anthrax, which causes a large boil at the site of the bacteria's entry. Antibiotic treatment, if prompt, may be effective for the skin infection. Pulmonary anthrax is fatal in most cases. Magnification: x10,500 at 5x7cm size. x36, 000 at

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Keywords: anthracis, anthrax, bacillus, bacteria, bacterial, bacteriology, bacteriu, bacterium, cutaneous, disease, infection, lung, micro-organisms, microbe, microbes, microbiology, pulmonary, type, woolsorters