Bacterium
bacillus anthracis
Subclass of:
Genus Bacillus
Definitions related to bacillus anthracis:
  • A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, spore forming, and catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein, starch and gelatin, reduces nitrate, is penicillin susceptible but cephalosporin resistant, gamma phage sensitive, has absent or delayed hemolysis and the capsule can be visualized using M'Faydean's stain. B. anthracis is found in most soil, causes Anthrax in humans and animals, has been utilized as a biological weapon and both a veterinary and human vaccine exists.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of bacteria that causes ANTHRAX in humans and animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus anthracis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Causes anthrax in humans and animals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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