These bacteria can be killed by irradiating meat, Dr. Duchin said.
He has found that the bacteria can be classed in four groups.
But the wholesale slaughter of bacteria can be unpredictable, even when guided by the best intentions.
These bacteria can be used to produce methane in a generator from a great variety of organic materials.
Equally important, the Manchester outbreak gave scientists glimpses of how hardy and opportunistic anthrax bacteria can be.
In some cases, when the bacteria can be spotted in the body, another treatment with antibiotics may work.
The bacteria can be killed through cooking but make about 280,000 people in the UK ill each year.
Because bacteria can be resistant to certain antibiotics, treatment consists primarily of intensive support therapy.
The bacteria can be easily stored as dry powder, and powders have been used in earlier anthrax hoaxes, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern and Princeton have shown that the collective swimming behavior of bacteria can be harnessed for work.
The research, published today in the Journal of Biological Engineering, proves that bacteria can be used to solve a puzzle known as the Hamiltonian Path Problem.
