BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

  

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BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Specialty Definition: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

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Health

A species of bacteria that causes anthrax in humans and animals. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Bacillus anthracis

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped Gram-positive bacterium of size about 1 by 6 microns, and is the cause of the disease known as anthrax. B. anthracis was the first bacterium ever to be shown to cause disease, by Robert Koch in 1877. The specific name anthracis originates from the Greek word anthrax (ἄνθραξ), meaning coal, referring to the black skin lesions on the victims. The bacteria normally rest in spore form in the soil, and can survive for decades in this state. Once taken in by a herbivore, the bacteria start multiplying inside the animal and eventually kill it, then continue to reproduce in the carcass. Once they run out of nutrients there, they revert back to the dormant spore state.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bacillus anthracis."

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Photo Album: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

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Bacillus anthracis Gamma phage lysis on sheep blood agar, the culture is grown at 35 degrees centigrade without carbon dioxide. Credit: CDC.

Bacillus anthracis endospores are seen under phase contrast microscopy as lighter areas, i.e. "points of light", due to the fact that they are dehydrated, and therefore, more refractile. Credit: CDC.

Confocal micrographic image of Bacillus anthracis; Cell walls appear green, while the spores appear red. Credit: CDC.

Transmission electron micrographic image of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax culture, showing cell division (A), and spores (B). Credit: CDC.

Indian Ink capsule stain is useful for improving visualization of encapsulated Bacillus anthracis in clinical samples such as blood, blood culture bottles, or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Credit: CDC.

Microcolony of Bacillus anthracis. Giemsa stain. Credit: CDC.

Photomicrograph of Bacillus anthracis from an agar culture demonstrating spores; Fuchsin-methylene blue spore stain. Anthrax. Credit: CDC.

Sheep blood agar plate culture of non-hemolytic Bacillus anthracis colonies and hemolytic Bacillus cereus colonies. Credit: CDC.

Cultured Bacillus anthracis positive encapsulation test. Rough colonies on blood agar (right), and smooth colonies on bicarbonate agar(left). Credit: CDC.

  

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Non-Fiction Usage: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

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Health

Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. (references)

Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent of anthrax, is a large, gram-positive, nonmotile, spore-forming bacterial rod. The three virulence factors of B. anthracis are edema toxin, lethal toxin and a capsular antigen. (references)

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Expression: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Expression using "BACILLUS ANTHRACIS": Bacillus anthracis infection. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day

bacillus anthracis

54

bacillus anthracis anthrax

5
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Modern Translation: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Language Translations for "BACILLUS ANTHRACIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

miltbrand (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), anthrax (anthrax). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

miltvuur (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pernarutto (anthrax), anthrax (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever). (various references)

   

French

  

sang de rate (Bacillus anthracis infection), maladie du charbon (Bacillus anthracis infection), fièvre charbonneuse (Bacillus anthracis infection), charbon bactéridien (Bacillus anthracis infection), charbon (Bacillus anthracis infection), anthrax (Bacillus anthracis infection). (various references)

   

German

  

Milzbrand (anthrax), Anthrax (anthrax). (various references)

   

Italian

  

febbre splenica (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbonchio ematico (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbonchio (carbuncle), antrace (anthrax). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acillusbay anthracisay

   

Portuguese

  

baceira (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbúnculo interno (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbúnculo hemático (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbúnculo essencial (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbúnculo bacteridiano (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbúnculo bacterídico (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), antraz (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fiebre carbuncosa (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), fiebre carbonosa (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbunco bacteriano (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), carbunco (carbuncle), carbunclo (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), ántrax (anthrax). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mjältbrand (anthrax), antrax (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever). (various references)

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Anagrams: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-c-h-i-i-l-l-n-r-s-s-t-u"

-4 letters: anticlassical.

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Alternative Orthography: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 43 49 4C 4C 55 53      41 4E 54 48 52 41 43 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01000011 01001001 01001100 01001100 01010101 01010011 00100000 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#76 &#76 &#85 &#83 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0043 0049 004C 004C 0055 0053      0041 004E 0054 0048 0052 0041 0043 0049 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36353743464655532354854425235374353

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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