General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00120)
MIC Name	Bacillus anthracis (firmicutes)
MIC Synonyms	Bacillus cereus var. anthracis
Body Site	Gut
Lineage	Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Firmicutes Class: Bacilli Order: Bacillales Family: Bacillaceae Genus: Bacillus Species: Bacillus anthracis
Oxygen Sensitivity	Facultative anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism	Nonfermentative
Gram	Positive
Host Relationship	Pathogen
Genome Size (bp)	5503446
No. of Coding Genes	5317
No. of Non-Coding Genes	127
No. of Small Non-Coding Genes	127
No. of Gene Transcripts	5444
No. of Base Pairs	5490124
Description	Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, is a Gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.
External Links	Taxonomy ID	1392
	Genome Assembly ID	ASM72532v1
	GOLD Organism ID	Go0502906
Disease Relevance
Anthrax  [ICD-11: 1B97]
Description	Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, causes anthrax.				[1]

Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
Immunoglobulin G
HIF ID	HIFM0270	HIF Info	Class	Immunoglobulin (Ig)
Description	Human IgG could response to peptidoglycan (PGN) from Bacillus anthracis.				[2]

Environmental Factor(s)
Disbiome ID			125
gutMDisorder ID			gm0067

References
1	Petrobactin Is Exported from Bacillus anthracis by the RND-Type Exporter ApeX. mBio. 2017 Sep 12;8(5):e01238-17. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01238-17.
2	Serum Amyloid P and IgG Exhibit Differential Capabilities in the Activation of the Innate Immune System in Response to Bacillus anthracis Peptidoglycan. Infect Immun. 2018 Apr 23;86(5):e00076-18. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00076-18. Print 2018 May.

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