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Bacillus anthracis

Known as: anthracis bacillus, B. anthracis, Bacillus cereus var. anthracis 
A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cytidylyl and uridylyl cyclase activity of bacillus anthracis edema factor and Bordetella pertussis CyaA.
Cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) are second messengers for numerous… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Microarray analysis of Bacillus cereus group virulence factors.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Fingerprinting of Bacillus thuringiensis Type Strains and Isolates by Using Bacillus cereus Group-Specific Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic Sequence-Based PCR Analysis
ABSTRACT A total of 119 Bacillus thuringiensis strains (83 type strains and 26 native isolates), as well as five B. cereus group… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Contribution of Immunological Memory to Protective Immunity Conferred by a Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen-Based Vaccine
ABSTRACT Protective antigen (PA)-based vaccination is an effective countermeasure to anthrax infection. While neutralizing anti… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Species-Specific Peptide Ligands for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores
ABSTRACT Currently available detectors for spores of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, are inadequate for… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Production, recovery and immunogenicity of the protective antigen from a recombinant strain of Bacillus anthracis
The protective antigen (PA) is one of the three components of the anthrax toxin. It is a secreted nontoxic protein with a… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Optimized production and purification of Bacillus anthracis lethal factor.
Bacillus anthracis lethal factor (LF) is a 90-kDa zinc metalloprotease that plays an important role in the virulence of the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Production and cell surface anchoring of functional fusions between the SLH motifs of the Bacillus anthracis S‐layer proteins and the Bacillus subtilis levansucrase
Many surface proteins of Gram‐positive bacteria contain motifs, about 50 amino acids long, called S‐layer homology (SLH) motifs… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Efficacy of a standard human anthrax vaccine against Bacillus anthracis aerosol spore challenge in rhesus monkeys
In conducting research using animals, the investigators adhered to the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Fatty Acids in the Genus Bacillus II. Similarity in the Fatty Acid Compositions of Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus anthracis, and Bacillus cereus
The nature and relative abundance of fatty acids produced by two strains each of Bacillus thuringiensis and of B. anthracis were… 
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