炭たん疽そ菌きん

noun

Bacillus anthracis; anthrax bacteria

Scientific/medical term for the bacterium that causes anthrax. Used in biological, medical, and bioterrorism contexts.

• 炭たん疽そ菌きんは芽が胞ほうを形けい成せいし、環かん境きょう中ちゅうで長ちょう期き間かん生せい存ぞんできる。

  Bacillus anthracis forms spores and can survive in the environment for long periods.

• 2001年ねんにアメリカで炭たん疽そ菌きんが郵ゆう便びん物ぶつに混こん入にゅうされる事じ件けんがあった。

  In 2001, there was an incident in the United States where anthrax bacteria were sent through the mail.