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From: Whole genome sequencing and identification of Bacillus endophyticus and B. anthracis isolated from anthrax outbreaks in South Africa

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Phenotypic electron microscopic examination of the morphology of Bacillus anthracis and B. endophyticus strains. (a) Gram-positive vegetative cells of B. anthracis Sterne long, bacilli chains, (b) B. anthracis 3618_2D capsulated in blood serum, (c) Gram-positive vegetative cells of B. endophyticus short, bacilli chains, and (d) B. endophyticus 3631_9D non-capsulated in blood, (e) capsulated B. anthracis 3618_2D and (f) B. endophyticus 3631_9D non-capsulated with spores after incubation on nutrient agar containing 0.8% sodium bicarbonate in the presence of 5% CO2

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