The spores of this disease are often found in the soil, but it is primarily known as a biological weapon.
The organism that causes this disease has a toxicity related px01 plasmid. The British conducted experiments on this disease on Gruinard Island. Historical names for this disease have included ragpickers's and woolsorter's disease. This causative agent of this disease makes use of protective antigen, edema factor, and lethal factor. The bacteria makes use of macrophages to spread and the common laboratory test strain of it is the Ames strain. It comes in cutaneous, inhalation and gastrointestinal forms. Patients with this infection are given Cipro and the bacteria that causes it can survive through endospores. The spores of this disease are often found in the soil, but it is primarily known as a biological weapon. For 10 points, name this disease that was used in a 2001 terror incident.
The organism that causes this disease has a toxicity related px01 plasmid.
{Anthrax} [or {Bacillus anthracis}]