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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.
This is why we refer to it as the âmiracleâ bacillus. S. marcescens is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped (bacillus), facultative anaerobic bacterium in the family Enterobacteraciae (figure 2). S. marcescens is often found in the soil, water, on plants and in animals, and is especially common in damp conditions.