Bacilliform

Typically squat, elongated shape in Bacillus cereus

In the morphological description of microorganisms and viruses, those forms are called bacilliform (or bacilliform ) that have a thick, elongated (squat rod-shaped) shape. They are thus very similar to the appearance of bacteria of the genus Bacillus , although their size and pathogen properties have nothing to do with these bacteria.

Viruses with a typical bacilliform shape are for example:

• the Caulimoviridae (such as the Aucuba bacilliform virus )
• some Bromoviridae (including the proposed species Cassava Ivorian Bacilliform Virus of the genus Anulavirus )
• the genus Bafinivirus - whose name refers to the name bazilliform - of the family Coronaviridae
• the family Rhabdoviridae

Pathogens that have a very thin, elongated shape are not described as bacilliform but as filiform (thread-like).

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