Anthrax



// Anthrax bacillus //
Imagine this. Say that you get a suspicious mail from someone that you do not know. If I were you, I would not open it! There could be anthrax in the mail. Anthrax is a powder that if you breathe in, the toxins could get into your lungs, and could be deadly. So next time you read your mail, you may want to think twice about opening any curious letters.

 The kingdom that anthrax is in is the eubacteria. Eubacteria is a unicellular organism that has a cell well. It is also prokaryotic, which means that it does not have a nucleus. Unlike plants and animals, the eubacteria use its flagella to move from place to place. Some examples of it are e-coli, salmonella, anthrax, staphylococcus, and many more. That is the eubacteria kingdom.   One example of eubacteria is anthrax. A nickname for anthrax is “woolsortes disease”. Anthrax is a colorless powder has no taste or smell. One of the worst outcomes of anthrax is that it eats your skin alive and could be lethal. The probability of living if you get infected is twenty percent if not treated. But if you inhale it, the death ratio is ninety- nine. So one percent you could live. Symptoms are fever, cough, headaches, chills, weakness, difficulty breathing, and chest discomfort. Louis Pasteur was the first scientist to create a vaccine for anthrax in live stock in the late 1800’s. Also, anthrax is highly contagious in humans. When you get into the military, you must get a vaccine for anthrax. So that if you get infected, you could fight it off. When you get the vaccine, you get a weakened version of anthrax infection. Luckily, only three cases of anthrax have been reported in the U.S. So anthrax is not a big threat in the U.S., but I would still be careful!

Nick and Jake Period 4