Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The reason for the covering made for D-glutamic acid in Bacillus anthracis is indigestible for white blood cell that normally engulf bacteria.
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Anthrax is a disease caused by a bacterium, Bacillus anthracis observed by Koch. When Koch studied the infected blood of animals, he observed a rod-shaped bacterium that synthesizing chains. From this study he observed that the endospores present in the bacterial cells, produced anthrax, when injected into the mice.
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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