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bacilli, plural;
  1. A disease-causing bacterium

  2. A rod-shaped bacterium

  1. (bacillus) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
  2. Bacillus is a genus of Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria and a member of the division Firmicutes. Bacillus species can be obligate aerobes or facultative anaerobes, and test positive for the enzyme catalase. Ubiquitous in nature, Bacillus includes both free-living and pathogenic species. ...
  3. (Bacillus (shape)) The word bacillus (plural bacilli) may be used to describe any rod-shaped bacterium, and such bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name Bacillus, capitalized and italicized, refers to a specific genus of bacteria. ...
  4. (Bacillus) A rod-like bacterium, especially one of the various types that cause discease by entering and multiplying in animal and other tissues.
  5. (Bacillus) Diminutive form of “rod”, means little rod
  6. (Bacillus) Living organism, which attacks the parasite fungi on the vines.
  7. (Bacillus) Tiny organisms which may cause disease.
  8. (Bacillus) any bacteria that is rod-shaped; responsible for diphtheria, dysentery, tetanus, and tuberculosis, as well as other diseases
  9. (Bacillus) harmless species inhabit the mucus lining of our stomachs and intestines. However, some Bacillus may cause infectious diseases.
  10. (bacillus) 1. A member of the genus Bacillus. 2. Any rod-shaped bacterial cell, i.e., a cell whose length is ca. two or more times greater than its width. (16)
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