Anthrax is a rare bacterial infection acquired by inhalation, ingestion, or cutaneous contact with the endospores of B. anthracis. 2 The organism is normally a pathogen of large herbivorous mammals, ...
Microbiologist Teresa Thiel of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, offers the following explanation: Many microorganisms easily survive the environmental stresses of the microbial world, such as ...
Liquid metal embedded with dormant bacterial spores forms a living conductor that heals itself, resists oxidation, and boosts conductivity when the microbes awaken. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The idea of a ...