WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

A look at the evolutionary war of adaptation between viruses and bacteria. — -- Anthrax may be the baddest bacteria on the block, but anthrax gets sick, too. Just like you, bacteria get the bug, ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

Christopher Ngugi attends to one of his dairy cattle Kanguku village Muranga county. He is one of the anthrax victim which occurred in the county in February 2024. [Collins oduor, Standard] The month ...

Anthrax is one of the world's oldest afflictions, a scourge known throughout history for its ability to cripple and kill -- an old and hated enemy, as horrifying in ancient times as it is today in the ...

Content creator Ellie Whitby investigated Gruinard Island in Scotland, known as 'Anthrax Island' after WWII biological ...

Jan. 25 -- Safeguarding the nation's postal mail system from future anthrax-laden packages may lie with technology originally developed to protect the humble Idaho spud. Scientists at the U.S.