Bacillus

Protein capsule Poly-D capsule (D-capsules around vikings)
Large Gram Positive Bacillus in CHAINS (chain of boats) Catalase positive (Cat)
B. cereus: Food poisoning, rice. Vomiting and diarrhea: The diarrheal syndrome: abdominal cramps and copious diarrhea, usually beginning 8 to 16 hours after ingestion, resolving within 24 hours. Emetic Syndrome: Symptom onset usually within one to five hours of ingestion, usually resolve in 6 to 24 hours. Caused by cereulide toxin.
B. anthracis
Obligate aerobe (bellows)
Black eschar Widened mediastinum (Widened sails of ship) Pulmonary Symptoms: Pulmonary hemorrhage 99% mortality
Spore-forming
Edema Factor (Adenylate cyclase increasing cAMP)
Black eschar
Sheep-shearers' disease
Rx: Doxycycline
Rx: Fluoroquinolones
Lethal Factor: destroys MAP (Mitogen-Activated Protein) Kinase, causing tissue necrosis

ranging in size from 3 by 0.4 microns up to 9 by 2 microns

Commonly Anthrax