Assertion: anthrax's spore | /r/CapableOf | lie dormant
Facets:
value: for years
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the soil
type: LOCATION
value: in natural environments
type: LOCATION
value: for decades
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the pasture
type: LOCATION
value: before entering a living host
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Anthrax can be created easily in a lab, and is incredibly durable: Spores of anthrax bacteria can lie dormant for years before entering a living host, where they reactivate and multiply.
text: Anthrax primarily affects sheep and cattle that ingest spores lying dormant in the pasture.
text: Anthrax can survive for long periods in the environment by forming tough spores which can lie dormant in the soil for decades.
text: Both diseases are unique in that the spores can lie dormant in the soil for many years, and then suddenly the disease reoccurs in grazing animals.
text: Its these characteristics that allow spores to lie dormant in natural environments for hundreds of years.