The main reservoirs of the bacterium are herbivores, which harbour the bacteria in their bowels (with no consequences for them) and disseminate the “spore form” of the bacteria in the environment with their faeces. 
            
Glavni rezervoar bakterije so rastlinojedci, ki gostijo bakterijo v črevesju (brez posledic zanje) in s svojimi iztrebki razširjajo bakterijo v obliki spore v okolje. 
            