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Bacillus, any of a genus of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic bacteria widely found in soil and water. Some types of Bacillus bacteria are harmful to humans, plants, or other organisms. Learn about the features and types of Bacillus bacteria in this article.
- B. Cereus
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- Bacillus Anthracis
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- Bacillus Subtilis
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- Bacillus Popilliae
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- Bt Toxin
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- Food Poisoning
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- Anthrax
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Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Bacillota, with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-shaped bacteria; and the plural Bacilli is the name of the class of bacteria to which this genus belongs.
Bacillus is a noun that means a rod-shaped bacterium that can cause disease. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
The meaning of BACILLUS is any of a genus (Bacillus) of rod-shaped gram-positive usually aerobic bacteria producing endospores and including many saprophytes and some parasites (such as B. anthracis of anthrax); broadly : a straight rod-shaped bacterium.
Bacillus species are rod-shaped, endospore-forming aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria; in some species cultures may turn Gram-negative with age. The many species of the genus exhibit a wide range of physiologic abilities that allow them to live in every natural environment. Only one endospore is formed per cell.
Definition of bacillus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Bacillus is a noun that refers to any rod-shaped or cylindrical bacterium of the genus Bacillus, or any bacterium in general. Learn more about the word history, usage and examples of bacillus from Dictionary.com.
