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bacilli
[bah-sil´i] (L.)plural of bacillus.
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ba·cil·li
(bă-sil'ī),Plural of bacillus.
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ba·cil·li
(bă-sil'ī)Plural of bacillus.
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Ba·cil·lus
(bă-sil'ŭs)A genus of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, ordinarily motile bacteria; these organisms are chemoheterotrophic and are found primarily in soil. A few species are animal pathogens; some species evoke antibody production.
[L. dim. of baculus, rod, staff]
ba·cil·lus
, bacilli (bă-sil'ŭs, -'ī)1. A vernacular term used to refer to any member of the bacterial genus Bacillus.
2. Term used to refer to any rod-shaped bacterium.
[L. dim. of baculus, a rod, staff]
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