| Gram Stain | |
 Large spore forming rods | |
| Catalase Test | |
 | |
| Positive | |
| Bacillus species | |
| B. cereus - cause for food poisoning | |
| B. anthracis - cause for anthrax; forms include localized cutaneous lesions, pulmonary disease, and disseminated disease | |
| Gram Stain | |
Large spore forming rods | |
| Catalase Test | |
| |
| Positive | |
| Bacillus species | |
| B. cereus - cause for food poisoning | |
| B. anthracis - cause for anthrax; forms include localized cutaneous lesions, pulmonary disease, and disseminated disease | |