Genus Bacillus (Endospore-forming gram-positive rods and cocci)

Question 1

B. anthracis

Answer 1

first bacterium identified as the cause of a disease (koch, 1887). Primarily a disease of livestock, infection results from inhalation or ingestion of spores. Vegetative bacteria produced deadly exotoxins which cause death by circulatory collapse and pulmonary edema

Question 2

B. cereus

Answer 2

produces enterotoxins, grows in cooked warm rice, common cause of chinese restaurant acquired food poising