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  • proper noun A taxonomic class within the phylum Firmicutes — the aerobic rod-shaped bacteria.

Etymologies

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Latin bacillus ("rod")

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Examples

  • One column he headed "Bacilli," the other he headed with a question mark.

    I Am Legend Matheson, Richard, 1926- 1954

  • But, 'twixt you and me, Bacilli did not care a single pin.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Various

  • These Bacilli thrive in warm climates, although found in cold countries.

    The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek

  • CAUSE: Germ (Bacilli of Fowl Cholera) gaining entrance to the body through the bowels, lungs or wounds of the skin.

    The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek

  • Bacilli grow spontaneously in the ready soil which the diseased and decomposing tissues provide, through lack of the necessary chemical elements; but to attempt to exterminate them, while the underlying conditions for their reproduction remain unchanged, can, of course, never bring about healing.

    Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

  • A. _Bacilli_ mingled with blood-corpuscles from the blood of a guinea-pig; some of the _bacilli_ dividing.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

  • Pengelly, with whom I searched Kent's Cavern; and Dr. Bowerbank, the great authority as to sponges, and my then hobby choanites; he gave me certain microscopic plates of Bacilli which I was glad to transfer to my worthy and eminent friend, Stephen Mackenzie,

    My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886

  • If Mr. Howells should pretend to me that he wrote the Plague-Spot Bacilli rhapsody, I should receive the statement courteously; but I should know it for a-- well, for

    Christian Science Mark Twain 1872

  • Rock, and the Plague-spot and Bacilli, and my other exhibits (turn back to my Chapters I. and II.) from the Autobiography, and finally with the late Communication concerning me, and see if he thinks anybody's affirmation, or anybody's sworn testimony, or any other testimony of any imaginable kind would ever be likely to convince him that Mrs. Eddy wrote that chapter on Prayer.

    Christian Science Mark Twain 1872

  • Biocence has demonstrated 0 kill time on all Gram positive and Gram negative Epithelial and Enteric Cocci and Bacilli;

    WN.com - Articles related to BT Brinjal-The new bio-terror in India 2010

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