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Bacillus anthracis can survive in the absence of adequate nutrition due to its capacity to produce spores, which makes it dormant and non-motile.

Describe is the biology of Bacillus anthracis?

  • The bacterium B. anthracis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic, sporulating, and capsuled organism.
  • It has a width of 1-1.2 m and a length of 3-5 m. It appears as a chain-like structure under a microscope.
  • Despite being an aerobic organism, B. anthracis has the ability to sporulate, which allows it to exist in anaerobic conditions.
  • In fact, it can persist as spores for a number of years in water, air, and soil.
  • Spores are immune to the hostile environment and unaffected by high temperatures, pressure, chemicals, UV rays, and a lack of nutrients.

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