Look up: Bacillus

1. Bacillus
   A rod-shaped bacterium.
   Found on http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor
   
   
2. bacillus
   1. A member of the genus Bacillus. 2. Any rod-shaped bacterial cell, i.e., a cell whose length is ca. two or more times greater than its width.
   Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary
   
   
3. bacillus
   Singular for a rod-shaped bacterium (plural, bacilli). Also used as the name of a genus of bacteria, including the species Bacillus thuringiensis (see next entry).
   Found on http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/wi008a.
   
   
4. Bacillus
   A rod-shaped bacterium.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
5. bacillus
   [n] - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
6. Bacillus
   Living organism, which attacks the parasite fungi on the vines.
   Found on http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/livingro
   
   
7. Bacillus
   any bacteria that is rod-shaped; responsible for diphtheria, dysentery, tetanus, and tuberculosis, as well as other diseases
   Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l
   
   
8. Bacillus
   Bacillus: A large family of bacteria that have a rod-like shape. They include the bacteria that cause food to spoil, and also those responsible for some types of diseases. Helpful members of the bacillus family are used to make antibiotics, or colonize the human intestinal tract and aid with digestion.
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
9. bacillus
   Cylindrical (rod-shaped) bacterium. Bacilli are usually 0.5-1.0 m m long, 0.3-1 m m wide.
   Found on http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/dictionary/
   
   
10. Bacillus
    Ba·cil"lus noun ; plural Bacilli [ New Latin , for Latin bacillum . See Bacillarle .] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/2
    
    
11. bacillus
    <bacteria> A genus of bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including large aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore forming, rod shaped cells, the great majority of which are gram-positive and motile. ... The genus is separated into 48 species, of which three are pathogenic or potentially pathogenic and the remainder are saprophytic soil forms …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?b
    
    
12. bacillus
    B noun aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
13. Bacillus
    `Bacillus` is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria and a member of the division Firmicutes. `Bacillus` species are either obligate or facultative aerobes, and test positive for the enzyme catalase. `Bacillus subtilis` is one of the best understood prokaryotes in terms of molecular biology and cell biology. Its superb genetic amenability and relatively large size have provided the powerful tools required to investigate a bacterium from a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus
    
    
14. Bacillus
    `Bacillus` is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria and a member of the division Firmicutes. `Bacillus` species are either obligate or facultative aerobes, and test positive for the enzyme catalase. `Bacillus subtilis` is one of the best understood prokaryotes in terms of molecular biology and cell biology. Its superb genetic amenability and relatively large size have provided the powerful tools required to investigate a bacterium from a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus
    
    
15. Bacillus
    (bә-sil´әs) a genus of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming rods, most of which are gram-positive and motile. There are three pathogenic species: B. an´thracis, which causes anthrax; B. ce´reus, a common soil saprophyte that causes food poisoning by the formation of an enterotoxin in contaminate...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
16. bacillus
    (bә-sil´әs) pl. bacil´li an organism of the genus Bacillus. any rod-shaped bacterium.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
17. Bacillus
    • (n.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
18. bacillus
    (from the article `bacteria`) Individual bacteria can assume one of three basic shapes: spherical (coccus), rodlike (bacillus), or curved (vibrio, spirillum, or spirochete). ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/3
    
    
19. bacillus
    (genus Bacillus), any of a group of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic bacteria widely found in soil and water. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/3
    
    
20. bacillus
    (L. 'little rod') a genus of bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including large aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped cells, the great majority of which are gram-positive and motile. The genus is separated into 48 species, of which three are pathogenic, or potentially pathogenic, and the remainder are saprophytic soil form...
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/
    
    
21. bacillus
    bacillus (s), bacilli (pl)
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
22. Bacillus
    A genus of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, sporeforming, ordinarily motile bacteria (family Bacillaceae) containing Gram-positive rods. Motile cells are peritrichous; spores are thick-walled and stain poorly with Gram stain; these organisms are chemoheterotrophic and are found primarily in soil. A few species are animal pathogens; some species ...
    Found on http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/45
    
    
23. bacillus
    Bacillus infernus, collected from deep (20-2800 meters) terrestrial subsurface. Photo: U.S. Dept. of Energy Any of a large genus of Gram-positive, spore-bearing, rod-shaped bacteria. Bacilli are widely distributed in soil and air (usually as spores). Most feed on dead organic material and are r...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi