| NOUN | animal | bacillus, B | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium |
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| Sounds | bahsih'lahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil. | |
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| Synonym | B | |
| Member of | genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae |
| Narrower | Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus | A species of bacillus that causes anthrax / anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs) |
| Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus | A species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter | |
| Yersinia pestis | A bacillus bacterium that causes the plague / plague | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | bacillus, bacilo | |
| Catalan | bacillus, bacil | |
| Adjectives | bacillar, bacillary | relating to or produced by or containing bacilli |
| bacillary | formed like a bacillus | |
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