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Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a
genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a
member of the
phylum Bacillota, with 266
named species. The term is also used...
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Bacillus subtilis,
known also as the hay
bacillus or gr****
bacillus, is a gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium,
found in soil and the gastrointestinal...
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Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive rod-shaped
bacterium commonly found in soil, food, and
marine sponges. The
specific name, cereus,
meaning "waxy" in...
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Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive and rod-shaped
bacterium that
causes anthrax, a
deadly disease to
livestock and, occasionally, to humans. It is the...
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Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most
commonly used
biological pesticide worldwide. B.
thuringiensis also...
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bacillus (pl.: bacilli), also
called a
bacilliform bacterium or
often just a rod (when the
context makes the
sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), also
known as Koch's
bacillus, is a
species of
pathogenic bacteria in the
family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative...
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Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccine is a
vaccine primarily used
against tuberculosis (TB). It is
named after its
inventors Albert Calmette and Camille...
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Bacillus atticus atticus is a
species of
phasmid or "walking stick" with
recorded specimens in Greece, Italy,
Croatia and Israel. In Cyprus, the endemic...
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pathogens such as
Bacillus anthracis (the
cause of anthrax).
Bacilli are
almost exclusively gram-positive bacteria. The name
Bacillus,
capitalized and...
