Preferred Label : Bacillus anthracis;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria
assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, spore forming, and catalase
positive, hydrolyzes casein, starch and gelatin, reduces nitrate, is penicillin susceptible
but cephalosporin resistant, gamma phage sensitive, has absent or delayed hemolysis
and the capsule can be visualized using M'Faydean's stain. B. anthracis is found in
most soil, causes Anthrax in humans and animals, has been utilized as a biological
weapon and both a veterinary and human vaccine exists.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus anthracis.;
UNII : IT7Z319PFY;
Taxon ID : 1392;
Origin ID : C86160;
UMLS CUI : C0004589;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
