bacillus
The bacillus or bacillus , most bacilli , including bacilli (lat. Bacillus "sticks") stands for:
- rod-shaped bacteria (e.g. Bacillus , Escherichia ), see bacilli
- a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, see Bacillus
- colloquial generally for bacteria
- a swear word (" left bacillus")
See also:
- Bacilli , a class of not just rod-shaped bacteria
- bacilliform
Wiktionary: Bacillus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
