Assertion: anthrax's spore | /r/CapableOf | remain dormant
Facets:
value: for years
type: TEMPORAL
value: for years in soil
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the soil
type: LOCATION
value: for decades
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The spores can remain dormant for years until they find their way into a host.
text: The naturally occurring bacterium Bacillus anthracis produces spores that can remain dormant for years in soil and on animal products, such as hides, wool, hair, or bones.
text: The spores can remain dormant for years until they find their way into a host.
text: The naturally occurring bacterium Bacillus anthracis produces spores that can remain dormant for years in soil and on animal products, such as hides, wool, hair, or bones.
text: Spores are very resistant to damage and can remain dormant in the soil for decades.
text: This disease would make a rather effective biological weapon since the spores can remain dormant for many years, activating as soon as conditions become optimal, and it is very easy to contract the disease through inhalation, leading to the potential for mass dispersal through aircraft, explosives, or random package drops.
text: This issue represents an unusual therapeutic situation that was appreciated in early animal trials of treatment, because inhaled spores may remain dormant and fail to germinate for prolonged periods of time (11).
text: However, the spores of anthrax may remain dormant for years until they germinate.