How anthrax spores grow in cultured human tissues. PNNL microbiologist Josh Powell looks at anthrax spores, which have developed into bacteria over the course of 12 hours. At low doses, researchers found growth of spores is lower in human lung cells than rabbits. PNNL microbiologist Josh Powell views anthrax bacteria and spores magnified 400 times.
The banana is an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains.The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe.he banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. All the above-ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure usually called a  corm . Plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often mistaken for trees, but what appears to be a trunk is actually a false stem or pseudostem.
Full Definition of BANANA. 1. : an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind. 2. : any of several widely cultivated perennial herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the banana family) bearing bananas in compact pendent bunches.