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Bacillus anthracis on sheep blood agar

Bacillus anthracis 24-hour growth on sheep blood agar from a swab of a cutaneous anthrax lesion from the patient in Texas with cutaneous anthrax, 2019. Typical ground-glass colony morphology and lack of hemolysis are shown. (From: Sidwa T, Salzer JS, Traxler R, et al. Control and prevention of anthrax, Texas, USA, 2019. Emerg Infect Dis 2020;26[12]:2815-24.)

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