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Pardon my Pedantry
Svlad_Cjellii Started conversation Jul 12, 2005
I could be wrong but I thought that anthrax was a spore, as opposed to a disease. It's not that it's important or anything, I just thought that I'd bring it up. I'm not getting you down, am I? 
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Woodpigeon Posted Jul 12, 2005
Not at all! 
I think we are both right. It is a spore, but it is also a disease. I've just checked the definition on the CDC website and it mentions the two terms.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm#What%20is%20anthrax
Woodpigeon
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denqui-otee Posted Aug 4, 2005
You are both right. Spores do for non-flowering plants, fungi, bacteria etc. what seeds do for flowering plants. Anthrax is a bacteria that can cause disease.
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