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bacillus , any rod-shaped bacterium or, more particularly, a rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bacillus. Some bacterium in the genus cause disease, for example B. anthracis is the cause of anthrax ; others are useful in the production of antibiotics (e.g., gramicidin and bacitracin ). Many organisms earlier classified as Bacillus species are now placed in different genera but continue to be referred to as baccili.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

bacillus XIX. mod. use of late L. dim. of baculum rod, stick. Cf. BACTERIUM.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Â© A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

bacillus A bacterial cell that is rod-shaped (i.e. longer than it is wide).

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