MASTERING MICROBIOLOGY TAXONOMY
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The reason that Bacillus anthracis in 2001 bioterrorist attack was able to survive in mail.
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Bioterrorism is a kind of terrorism that is characterized by the intentional release of some biological agent such as viruses, bacteria or other kinds of microbes that results in illness or death. The biological agent may be modified genetically to spread at the faster rate and to resist the effect of the medicine.
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