Definition of bacillus Bacillus
/bʌsɪˈlʌs/ - [busilus] - ba•cil•lus
We found 7 definitions of bacillus from 7 different sources.
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What does bacillus mean?
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NounPlural: bacilli |
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| bacillus - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | ||
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| eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | ||
| genus bacillus type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites | ||
| anthrax bacillus, bacillus anthracis 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 | ||
| bacillus globigii, bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, hay bacillus a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bacillus (n.)
A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bacillus
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bacillus
ba-sil′us, n. properly the name of a distinct genus of Schizomycetes, but popularly used in the same sense as Bacterium:—pl. Bacil′lī.—adjs. Bacil′lar, Bacil′lary, of the shape or nature of a bacillus, consisting of little rods.—n. Bacil′licide, that which destroys bacilli.—adj. Bacil′liform. [Low L. bacillus, dim. of baculus, a rod.]
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Bacillus is a kind of bacteria. "Bacilli" are shaped like a rod. Bacilli are usually aerobes, their organism is based on oxygen. Bacillus is also the name of some species in the Bacillus group.
The three bacteria cited above seem to be very similar.
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🔤- bacillus, noun, singular of bacilli.
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