91.   The bacteria can be easily stored as dry powder, and powders have been used in earlier anthrax hoaxes, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

92.   The bacteria is always present, even in the cleanest waters of the world, but usually not in quantities that would make anyone sick.

93.   The bacterium is one of many organisms carried by people and is normally harmless except to those with weakened immune systems.

94.   The bacterium is so aggressive that he has known two people who died of it.

95.   The bacterium is the major cause of toxic-shock syndrome and wound infections.

96.   The bacteria to blame was Clostridium botulinum, which naturally occurs in the soil and thrives in conditions of low oxygen.

97.   The bacterium is a genetically tamed version of Clostridium novyi, a microbe that causes gas gangrene when it gets into wounds.

98.   The designers say these bacteria are good for the human gastrointestinal system.

99.   The drug-resistant TB bacteria is the result.

100.   The inference, he said, is that the amberized bacteria really are ancient.