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 ...

CDC spokesman Tom Skinner declined to comment on Farrell. Calls and e-mail to Farrell were not returned. On Friday, the CDC gathered staff at a meeting, where individuals in labs adjacent to the ...

In an effort to combat bioterrorism, scientists in South Korea have trained artificial intelligence to speedily spot anthrax. The new technique is not 100 percent accurate yet, but it’s orders of ...

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 ...

In the age-old battle between man and microbe, it pays to know your enemy. This is especially true for Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax. Tiny spores of this highly infectious ...

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. What makes Bacillus anthracis especially dangerous is that these bacteria can form spores. The spores are extremely resistant against ...

Researchers have determined a key mechanism by which Bacillus anthracis bacteria initiate anthrax infection despite being greatly outnumbered by immune system scavenger cells. The finding, made by ...

The year’s first case of anthrax in North Dakota’s cattle herd has been identified in Stark County. Anthrax is caused by the naturally occurring bacteria Bacillus anthracis and it can lie dormant in ...

No infected cattle entered the food supply, and there is no food safety threat related to the case in Cassia County.

In a cattle farm in East China's Shandong Province, there were several cases of anthrax, which have raised the public's attention. Chinese expert Zhang Wenhong said it is crucial to address the ...

NEW YORK — Probably not very many readers of this space are subscribers to the scientific journal Aerosol Science and Technology. Neither am I. But an article in that publication published in March ...