<unk>  (Greek Άνθραξ for coal) is an acute infectious disease in humans and animals that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus<unk> is and is highly lethal in some forms.<unk>  is one of only a few bacteria that can form long lived spores. When the bacteria s life cycle is threatened by factors such as lack of food caused by their host dying or by a change of temperature, the bacteria turn themselves into a dormant spores to wait for another host to continue their life cycle.
When breathing, ingesting or getting<unk>  spores in a cut in the skin, these spores reactivate themselves and multiply in their new host very rapidly. The<unk>  spores in the soil are very tough, can live many decades and are known to occur on all continents except Antarctica.<unk>  most commonly occurs in wild and domestic grass eating mammals (ruminants) who ingest or breathe in the spores while eating grass.<unk>   can also infect humans when they are exposed to dead infected animals, eat tissue from infected animals, or are exposed to a high density of<unk>  spores from an animal's fur, hide, or wool.<unk>  spores can be grown outside the body and used as a biological weapon.<unk>  cannot spread directly from human to human; but<unk>  spores can be transported by human clothing, shoes, among others. If a person dies of<unk>  their body can be a very dangerous source of<unk>  spores. The word<unk>  is  the Greek word for coal, the germ's name is derived from<unk> itis, the Greek word for<unk> ite, in reference to the black skin lesions victims develop in a cutaneous skin infection.
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