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Bacilli vs Bacillin - What's the difference?

bacilli | bacillin |

As nouns the difference between bacilli and bacillin

is that bacilli is plural of lang=en while bacillin is an antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.

bacilli

English

Noun

(head)
  • * 1974 , (Graham Greene), (The Honorary Consul) , Pocket Books, New York, p. 94:
    • One lie in the presence of a policeman seemed to multiply like bacilli .
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    bacillin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis , that is active against many types of bacterium