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BACILLUS
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Irregular inflected form: bacilli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bacillus" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bacillus"):
anthrax bacillus; Bacillus anthracis (a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon)
Bacillus globigii; Bacillus subtilis; grass bacillus; hay bacillus (a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics)
Yersinia pestis (a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon)
Holonyms ("bacillus" is a member of...):
genus Bacillus (type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites)
Derivation:
bacillary (formed like a bacillus)
bacillary (relating to or produced by or containing bacilli)
Context examples:
This agent is active against gram-negative enteric bacilli, including multiple drug-resistant strains.
(Moxalactam Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute form of TUBERCULOSIS in which minute tubercles are formed in a number of organs of the body due to dissemination of the bacilli through the blood stream.
(Miliary Tuberculosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A cell wall fraction of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) obtained by menthol extraction with immunomodulating properties and potential use in cancer immunotherapy.
(Methanol Extraction Residue of BCG, NCI Thesaurus)
Types of immunotherapy include cytokines, vaccines, bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and some monoclonal antibodies.
(Immunotherapy, NCI Dictionary)
A genus of Gram-negative aerobic, motile, nonacid fast, nonencapsulated, gram-negative bacilli that have a nonfermentative metabolism in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Legionella, NCI Thesaurus)
Bacillus bacteria form spores that can survive harsh environments and commonly are ingested naturally with vegetables, allowing them to temporarily grow in the intestine.
(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Buttiauxella agrestis, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of bacteria within the phylum Bacteroidetes consisting of gram-negative bacilli or cocco-bacilli that comprise a major portion of the human normal flora, predominating in the intestinal tract.
(Bacteroides, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.
(Buttiauxella, NCI Thesaurus)
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin solution may help the body’s immune system kill cancer cells.
(bacillus Calmette-Guérin solution, NCI Dictionary)
