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  • You have bacillus anthracis, which is a part of a family -- bacillus is sort of the name, and I was thinking of another example, sort of like looking for Leon and having the entire Harris family there.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2001 2001

  • Bacillus anthracis, which is highly lethal in some forms.

    House is Right 2009

  • "It is not possible to reach a definitive conclusion about the origins of the B. anthracis in the mailings based on the available scientific evidence alone."

    When Death Came Hand-Delivered Edward Jay Epstein 2011

  • But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.

    The Wrong Man 2010

  • But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.

    The Wrong Man 2010

  • There was the bacillus anthracis; there was the micrococcus; there was the Bacterium termo, and the Bacterium lactis -- that's what turns the goat milk sour even to this day, Hare-Lip; and there were Schizomycetes without end.

    Page 4 2010

  • The anthrax vaccine is made by taking a strain of the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, and growing it in the laboratory.

    Anthrax Vaccine 2009

  • But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.

    The Wrong Man 2010

  • The disease, anthrax, is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.

    Anthrax Vaccine 2009

  • But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.

    The Wrong Man 2010

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