In addition to the free snacks, beverages, and meals that are standard practice at Google's offices throughout the world, the workplace perqs available to Google employees who work in the Mountain View HQ include an on-site doctor, free shuttle service, financial planning classes, and frequent holiday parties.
Symptoms of cutaneous anthrax start 1 to 7 days after exposure: 1  An itchy sore develops that is similar to an insect bite. This sore may blister and form a black ulcer (sore or eschar). 2  The sore is usually painless, but it is often surrounded by swelling.  A scab often forms, and then dries and falls off within 2 weeks.
Anthrax is caused by bacteria that are a rod shaped organism, Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax is a non-motile organism between 1-5 micrometers in length. Upon exposure to air, anthrax forms a spore, which can become airborne to cause infection to exposed individuals. Anthrax spore can cause disease by coming in contact with abraded skin or wounds; inhalation; or ingestion. As anthrax reproduces, it releases three virulence factors: lethal factor, edema factor and antiphagocytic factor. Each of these substances enhances the destruction of cells and resists the immune system.