First Light Diagnostics is developing a range of diagnostic products for early detection of infections to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. B. anthracis, the agent that causes anthrax, is a ...

Few strands of bacteria have achieved such a central place in public consciousness as Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria which causes Anthrax. While today it is a feared weapon of bioterrorism Bacillus ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few ...

With the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) “super bugs” the need for new bactericidal approaches is growing in urgency. Compounding the threat of MDR, is the rise of antibiotic resistance in ...

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a critical regulatory factor in Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes the disease anthrax and has been used as a biological weapon. The findings, ...

When the bacteria that cause anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) aren't ravaging livestock or being used in acts of bioterrorism, they spend their lives as dormant spores. In these inert but hardy forms, the ...

Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, possesses a uniquely complex cell envelope that is critical to its pathogenicity. Central to its virulence are the secondary cell wall ...

It started with what seemed to be an ordinary dead chimpanzee. But when Fabian Leendertz, head of epidemiology and highly pathogenic microorganisms at the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, and his ...

The spectacular southwestern desert is alive with Bacillus anthracis spores, and the summer is the hottest on record. As a new veterinary epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The bacteria of Anthrax is a gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped (bacillus) bacterium. It needs oxygen to thrive and has a capsule around it and hence has a protective layer around it. A spore is ...