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Bacillus vs Bacilli - What's the difference?

bacillus | bacilli |

Bacilli is a related term of bacillus.



As nouns the difference between bacillus and bacilli

is that bacillus is any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease while bacilli is plural of lang=en.

bacillus

Noun

(bacilli)
  • Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus , some of which cause disease.
  • 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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