By infecting just a few animals, through needle injection and pouring bacteria cultures on animal feed, German operatives tried to spark epidemics of glanders and anthrax, diseases known to ravage ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

CDC scientists were studying the bacteria in a high-level biosecurity lab and then ... 54 CDC employees determined to have been in the labs or hallways at the time live anthrax was present have been ...

Smear and culture taken 48 hours after terramycin therapy was started and 4.5 gm. ingested revealed an occasional anthrax bacillus on the smear, but no growth was obtained. On May 4, there was ...

After isolating the bacteria in a makeshift lab, Koch realized he could elicit anthrax by injecting animals with pure cultures of the bacterium, eventually known as Bacillus anthracis. The doctor ...

Soon, another anthrax-laden letter addressed to Senator Patrick Leahy was discovered in the quarantined mail. A naturally occurring bacterium known for centuries, anthrax can infect grazing animals ...

To mount an effective government response to anthrax outbreaks in Indonesia's Yogyakarta Special Region, policymakers must understand local cultural practices and economic concerns as central to ...

Questions have arisen about why United States Forces Korea (USFK) has established a lab at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, and ...

Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by a bacteria called Bacillus anthracis. The disease occurs and is fatal in wild and domestic herbivores like antelope, cattle, camel, sheep and goats.

It's also offered to people who handle livestock, since the anthrax bacteria, Bacillus anthracis, can be found in infected ...

Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It is primarily a disease of domestic and wild grazers. “The bacteria survive naturally in soil as spores: a form that ...