(buh sil´ us) [L.: little rod] • Any of various rod-shaped bacteria.
an elongated or rod-shaped bacteria (Fig
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. See the entire definition of Bacillus
a type of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria typically found in soil.
any rod-shaped bacterium; a genus of bacteria in the family Bacillacae; rod shaped cells are aerobes or facultative anaerobes and usually produce catalase.
general term for any rod shaped bacterium. Also a genus of bacteria: 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. ( 16)
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. Ubiquitous in nature, Bacillus'' includes both free-living and pathogenic species.