Bacillus

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See also: bacillus and Bacilli

Translingual

neutrophil immune cell (in yellow) engulfing Bacillus anthracis (in red)
Bacillus rossius (stick insect)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bacillus (“small staff or wand, walking stick”).

Proper noun

Bacillus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.

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