Anthrax can grow and reproduce in soil, researchers find

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 08:31 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—Anthrax has the unexpected ability to grow and reproduce while lurking in soil – increasing the deadly bacteria's chances to infect cattle and other mammals, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered.

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