Effects of Experimental Exclusion of Scavengers from Carcasses of Anthrax-Infected Herbivores on Bacillus anthracis Sporulation, Survival, and Distribution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3756-3761

  Bellan, Steve E ^a   Turnbull, Peter C B ^b   Beyer, Wolfgang ^c   Getzd, Wayne M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Institut für Umwelt und Tierhygiene ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTROL MEASURES; CRITICAL FACTORS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PRODUCTION OF;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; SOILS;

DISEASES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFECTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SOIL POLLUTION; SPORE; SPORULATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARNIVORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARNIVORY; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NAMIBIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878606891     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00181-13     Document Type: Article

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