bacilli

1. sing. bacillus One of three forms of bacteria , usually rod-shaped.

Example Sentences

However, if the bacilli become active—when someone’s immune system is compromised, as with AIDS—they multiply rapidly into a bone-eating, lung-consuming illness that, unless treated, is fatal.

From Literature

Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

From Scientific American

Koch complied with a vial swarming with cholera bacilli.

From Scientific American

Cholera, tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid bacilli were subsequently identified.

From The Guardian

The investigation, by a team of microbiologists from Southampton University and published in the US journal mBio, found that bacilli such as listeria and salmonella remain completely active after chlorine washing.

From The Guardian