BACILLUS ANTHRACIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bacillus anthracis mean? 

• BACILLUS ANTHRACIS (noun)
  The noun BACILLUS ANTHRACIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BACILLUS ANTHRACIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACILLUS ANTHRACIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anthrax bacillus; Bacillus anthracis

Hypernyms ("Bacillus anthracis" is a kind of...):

B; bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)

bioarm; biological weapon; bioweapon (any weapon usable in biological warfare)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus anthracis.

(Bacillus anthracis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

An infection caused by Bacillus anthracis bacteria.

(Anthrax, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the key causes of anthrax virulence is the action of three specific factors produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)