bacillus

Noun

Meaning

A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

b bacilli bel mycobacterium lactobacillus disease plague salmonella shigella bacteria illness infection bacterial sickness boron
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Antonyms

health treatment bactericidal drug medicine cure
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Hypernyms

eubacterium eubacteria true bacteria

Hyponyms

Bacillus anthracis Bacillus subtilis anthrax bacillus Bacillus globigii grass bacillus hay bacillus

Phrases with the word

typhoid bacillus colon bacillus lepra bacillus bacillus anthracis infection acid-fast bacillus Bacillus thuringiensis toxin

Derivatives

bacilli

Anagrams

Cubillas

Examples

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey. Mark Twain

HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe. Ambrose Bierce

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus. Marcel Proust

After the spores were analyzed by microscopy, it was determined that the cells were very similar to Bacillus sphericus which is found in bees in the Dominican Republic today. Source: Internet

A process using an enzyme from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus to catalyze the condensation of the chemically altered amino acids will produce high yields without the β-form byproduct. Source: Internet

Bacillus spp. are quite large in size (3 to 4 μm long), they grow in long chains, and they stain Gram-positive. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bacilloscopy bacillosis bacilluria Bacillus anthracis bacillus anthracis infection Bacillus carrier