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bacillusMain Entry: ba·cil·lus Pronunciation: \bə-ˈsil-əs\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural ba·cil·li \-ˌī also -ē\ 1 a capitalized : a genus of rod-shaped gram-positive endospore-producing usually aerobic bacteria of the family Bacillaceae that include many saprophytes and some parasites (as B. anthracis of anthrax) b : any bacterium of the genus Bacillus ; broadly : a straight rod-shaped bacterium 2 : bacterium ; especially : a disease-producing bacterium
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