bacillus
IPA: bʌsˈɪɫʌs
noun
- Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
- Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
- (figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
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Examples of "bacillus" in Sentences
- Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacillus.
- The digestion of wool by a keratinolytic Bacillus.
- Bacteria of the genus Bacillus are Gram positive...
- Genetics of zwittermicin a production by Bacillus cereus.
- Anthrax is an acute disease caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- Tuberculin is a glycerol extract of the tubercle bacillus.
- The rat, the flea, and the plague bacillus are still with us.
- Feeding on a human who carries the bacillus infects the louse.
- The bacillus multiplies in the stomach of the flea, blocking it.
- It was formerly thought to be a reaction to the tuberculum bacillus.
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