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• n  a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon

• Bacillus anthracis
• anthrax bacillus

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  High-powered scanning electron micrograph shows spores from the Bacillus anthracis bacteria, which cause anthrax. High-powered scanning electron micrograph shows spores from the Bacillus anthracis bacteria, which cause anthrax.
  July 23, 2013 - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy