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Is anthrax a bacterium?
No. Anthrax refers to the disease itself. The bacterium that causes it is Bacillus anthracis.
Is anthrax chemical weapon?
Anthrax is not classified as a chemical weapon; it is a biological agent. It is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and can be used in bioterrorism due to its potential to be weaponized and spread. Unlike chemical weapons, which utilize toxic chemicals to harm, biological weapons like anthrax rely on pathogens to cause disease. Thus, anthrax falls under the category of biological weapons rather than chemical ones.
What type of pathogen causes anthrax and diphtheria?
Bacteria cause both anthrax and diphtheria.
What type of biological agent is anthrax?
Bacterium
Which is biggest white blood cell influenza virus or anthrax bacterium?
A white blood cell is the biggest then the anthrax bacterium then the influenza virus.Hope it helps! :)
What does anthrax look like?
rod shaped bacterium
Who discovered the bacterium that causes anthrax disease?
The bacterium that causes anthrax disease was discovered by a German physician and microbiologist named Robert Koch in 1876. Koch's work on anthrax laid the foundation for the field of medical bacteriology.
Which scientist showed that anthrax was caused by the bacterium?
robert koch
Is Anthrax disease bacterial or viral?
there are variations of anthrax that are viral and bacterial most anthrax is bacterial
What type of virus is Anthrax?
Anthrax is not a virus, but a bacterium known as Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus species are gram positive bacilli.
Is anthrax man made?
Anthrax (the disease caused by the bacterium bacillus anthracis) was indeed man-made. The bacteria was genetically engineered to be much more lethal than the previous natural form of the bacterium.
Spores produced by bacillus anthracis?
The anthrax bacterium can form spores. these can be blown through the air and inhaled or gotten into cuts. You can also get it from animals dead from it and it can go though the skin forming an ugly sore.
