. "Bacillus anthracis is the etiologic agent of anthrax\u2014a common disease of livestock and, occasionally, of humans\u2014and the only obligate pathogen within the genus Bacillus. B. anthracis is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, with a width of 1.0\u20131.2 \u00B5m and a length of 3\u20135 \u00B5m. It can be grown in an ordinary nutrient medium under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.It is one of few bacteria known to synthesize a protein capsule (poly-D-gamma-glutamic acid)."@en . . "Bacillus anthracis"@en . . . . . . .