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bacillus

[ buh-sil-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ba·cil·li [b, uh, -, sil, -ahy].

any rod-shaped or cylindrical bacterium of the genus Bacillus, comprising spore-producing bacteria.
(formerly) any bacterium.

bacillus

/ bəˈsɪləs /

any rod-shaped bacterium, such as a clostridium bacterium Compare coccus spirillum
any of various rodlike spore-producing bacteria constituting the family Bacillaceae , esp of the genus Bacillus

bacillus

/ bə-sĭl′əs /

, Plural bacilli bə-sĭl′ī′

1880–85; < Late Latin, variant of Latin bacillum (diminutive of baculum ) staff, walking stick

C19: from Latin: a small staff, from baculum walking stick

Anthrax, or Bacillus anthracis, is spore-forming bacteria found in soil that most commonly affects cattle.

Might Stevens have encountered spores of Bacillus anthracis during a recent hike through woods in North Carolina?

There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.

It, or a similar bacillus, is sometimes found in the sputum of gangrene of the lung.

Ordinarily, no attempt is made to identify any but the tubercle bacillus and the gonococcus.

The great majority belong to the colon bacillus group, and are negative to Gram's method of staining.

This will show all bacteria except the tubercle bacillus, and often no other stain is necessary for their identification.

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