a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)

a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon

anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon

potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon

a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare