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Bacillus

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Noun

1. b, bacillus

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bacillus

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noun plural -cilli (-ˈsɪlaɪ)
1. 
any rod-shaped bacterium, such as a clostridium bacterium
Compare coccus (sense 2), spirillum (sense 1)
2. 
any of various rodlike spore-producing bacteria constituting the family Bacillaceae, esp of the genus Bacillus

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Bacillus

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nounWord forms: plural baˈcilˌli (bəˈsɪlaɪ ; bəsilˈī)
1. 
any of a genus (Bacillus) of rod-shaped bacteria that occur in chains, produce spores, and are active only in the presence of oxygen
2. 
any rod-shaped bacterium
see also coccus, spirillum
3.  [usually pl.]; Loosely
any of the bacteria, esp. those causing disease

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bacillus

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n. pl. ba·cil·li (-sĭlī′)
1. Any of various bacteria, especially a rod-shaped bacterium.
2. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, aerobic bacteria of the genus Bacillus that often occur in chains and include B. anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax.

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