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Bacillus anthracis
also called splenic fever, malignant
pustule , or woolsorters' disease acute,
specific, infectious, febrile disease of animals,
including humans, caused by Bacillus anthracis,
an organism that under certain conditions forms
highly resistant spores capable of persisting
and retaining their virulence in contaminated
soil or other material for many years. A disease
chiefly of herbivores (grass eaters), the infection
may be acquired by persons handling the wool,
hair, hides, bones, or carcasses of affected animals.
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