Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Carlson C, Getz W, Kausrud K, Cizauskas C, Blackburn J, Carrillo F, Colwell R, Easterday W, Ganz H, Kamath P, Økstad O, Turner W, Kolstø A, Stenseth N. Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). Biological Reviews 2018, 93: 1813-1831. PMID: 29732670, DOI: 10.1111/brv.12420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnthraxBacillus anthracisHumansInterdisciplinary ResearchSoil MicrobiologySpores, BacterialConceptsEnvironmental persistenceLong Term Ecological Research siteBiology of Bacillus anthracisBacillus cereus biovar anthracisPatterns of vegetationEtosha National ParkEcological Research siteEnvironmentally transmitted diseasesLong-term persistenceAnthrax riskAnthrax seasonalityHerbivorous hostsDecades of surveillanceHerbivore communitiesAnthrax dynamicsEcosystem structureConservation effortsCarcass depositionNational ParkEcological roleSpore banksDisease ecologyGreen-upHerbivoresSoil