Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 39.5, Problem 1CC
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Anthrax is a highly contagious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, an endospore-forming, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. Cutaneous, inhalation, gastrointestinal, and injection are the four types of portal entry of human anthrax disease. Brucellosis or undulant fever is caused by Brucella abortus, B. suis, and B. melitensis, coccobacilli species.
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