Justin's+Bacteria

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= //Bacillus anthracis-// Anthrax =


 * ===** The shape of //Bacillus anthracis// is bacilli, which is a rod shape. This bacteria has squared edges. **===
 * ===** It is a pathogen because it produces a toxin made of protective antigen, edema factor, and lethal factor proteins. This toxin is deadly. **===
 * ===** There are three ways you can get infected with anthrax. The three ways are: **** eating meat that has been contaminated with anthrax, and anthrax getting through cuts on the skin. **===
 * === Anthrax can switch into two different states. One state is spores. The other is bacilli. ===
 * === **This is an interesting bacteria because it can survive in an inactive state, under the soil, for as long as 48 years.** ===
 * ===** It can be found in wild and domestic hoofed animals such as goats, cows, sheep, and antelopes. **===
 * ===** When anthrax affects humans, it is mostly because people are exposed to infected animals or products. **===
 * === Most people who are affected with anthrax become ill within a week. But, it can take as long as 42 days to become ill with the inhaled athrax. ===
 * ===** The most common form of anthrax is skin anthrax. **===
 * ===** Inhalation anthrax is not contagious, but skin anthrax has a low risk of being spread from person to person. Skin anthrax can be spread through direct contact. **===