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Bacillus anthracis is the pathogen that causes anthrax Originally known as an important animal pathogen, it was the first bacterium to be used for the preparation of a vaccine based on attenuated bacteria by Louis Pasteur in 1881.
Figure 5. Colonies of Bacillus cereus on the left; colonies of Bacillus anthracis on the right. B. cereus colonies are larger, more mucoid, and this strain exhibits a slight zone of hemolysis on blood agar.Figure 6.acillus anthracis and Anthrax (page 2) (This chapter has 5 pages) Â© Kenneth Todar, PhD Cultivation Several nonselective and selective media for the detection and isolation of Bacillus anthracis have been described, as well as a rapid screening test for the bacterium based on the morphology of microcolonies.