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typhoid bacillus

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typhoid bacillus
n.
An aerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, Salmonella typhi, that causes typhoid fever.
bacillus [bah-sil´us] (pl. bacil´li) (L.)
1. an organism of the genus Bacillus.
2. any rod-shaped bacterium.
anthrax bacillus Bacillus anthracis.
Calmette-Guérin bacillus bacille Calmette-Guērin.
coliform bacilli gram-negative bacilli found in the intestinal tract that resemble Escherichia coli, particularly in the fermentation of lactose with gas.
colon bacillus Escherichia coli.
glanders bacillus Pseudomonas mallei.
Hansen's bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.
legionnaire's bacillus Legionella pneumophila.
tubercle bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
typhoid bacillus Salmonella typhi.
bacillus
pl. bacilli [L.]
1. an organism of the genus Bacillus.
2. any rod-shaped bacterium.
Battey bacillus
mycobacteriumintracellulare.
Calmette-Guérin bacillus
mycobacteriumbovis, rendered completely avirulent by cultivation over a long period on bile-glycerol-potato medium. See also bcg vaccine.
Friedländer's bacillus
klebsiellapneumoniae.
glanders bacillus
burkholderiamallei (previously Pseudomonas mallei).
Hansen's bacillus
mycobacteriumleprae.
tubercle bacillus
mycobacteriumtuberculosis.
typhoid bacillus
salmonellatyphi.
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