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"they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"nounany weapon usable in biological warfare
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- salmonella rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon
- ricin a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon
- botulin potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
- aflatoxin a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- brucella an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
- shigella rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
- anthrax bacillus a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
- bacillus anthracis a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
- botulinus toxin potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
- botulismotoxin potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon