Translingual

Bacillus anthracis (bacterium; spores)

Bacillus rossius (stick insect)

Proper noun

Bacillus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.

Hyponyms

• (genus of Bacillaceae): Bacillus acidoterrestris, Bacillus aeolius, Bacillus agaradhaerens, Bacillus agri, Bacillus alcalophilus, Bacillus algicola, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus aquimaris, Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus asahii, Bacillus atrophaeus, Bacillus azotoformans, Bacillus badius, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus bataviensis, Bacillus benzoevorans, Bacillus borstelensis, Bacillus brevis, Bacillus carboniphilus, Bacillus centrosporus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus cereus group, Bacillus chitinolyticus, Bacillus chondroitinus, Bacillus choshinensis, Bacillus circulans, Bacillus clarkii, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus coahuilensis, Bacillus cohnii, Bacillus curdlanolyticus, Bacillus cycloheptanicus, Bacillus cytotoxicus, Bacillus decolorationis, Bacillus dipsosauri, Bacillus drentensis, Bacillus edaphicus, Bacillus ehimensis, Bacillus endophyticus, Bacillus farraginis, Bacillus fastidiosus, Bacillus firmus, Bacillus flexus, Bacillus fordii, Bacillus formosus, Bacillus fortis, Bacillus fumarioli, Bacillus funiculus, Bacillus fusiformis, Bacillus galactophilus, Bacillus galactosidilyticus, Bacillus gelatini, Bacillus gibsonii, Bacillus globisporus, Bacillus glucanolyticus, Bacillus gordonae, Bacillus halmapalus, Bacillus haloalkaliphilus, Bacillus halodenitrificans, Bacillus halodurans, Bacillus halophilus, Bacillus horikoshii, Bacillus horti, Bacillus humi, Bacillus hwajinpoensis, Bacillus indicus, Bacillus infernus, Bacillus insolitus, Bacillus jeotgali, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus kobensis, Bacillus krulwichiae, Bacillus laevolacticus, Bacillus laterosporus, Bacillus lautus, Bacillus lentimorbus, Bacillus lentus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus luciferensis, Bacillus macerans, Bacillus macquariensis, Bacillus macyae, Bacillus marinus, Bacillus marisflavi, Bacillus marismortui, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus methanolicus, Bacillus migulanus, Bacillus mojavensis, Bacillus mucilaginosus, Bacillus muralis, Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus naganoensis, Bacillus natto, Bacillus nealsonii, Bacillus neidei, Bacillus niacini, Bacillus novalis, Bacillus odysseyi, Bacillus okuhidensis, Bacillus oleronius, Bacillus pabuli, Bacillus pallidus, Bacillus pantothenticus, Bacillus parabrevis, Bacillus pasteurii, Bacillus patagoniensis, Bacillus peoriae, Bacillus polymyxa, Bacillus popilliae, Bacillus pseudalcaliphilus, Bacillus pseudofirmus, Bacillus pseudomycoides, Bacillus psychrodurans, Bacillus psychrophilus, Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus, Bacillus psychrotolerans, Bacillus pulvifaciens, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus pycnus, Bacillus reuszeri, Bacillus safensis, Bacillus salexigens, Bacillus saliphilus, Bacillus schlegelii, Bacillus selenitireducens, Bacillus shackletonii, Bacillus silvestris, Bacillus simplex, Bacillus siralis, Bacillus smithii, Bacillus soli, Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus sporothermodurans, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subterraneus, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus subtilis group, Bacillus thermantarcticus, Bacillus thermoaerophilus, Bacillus thermoamylovorans, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermocloacae, Bacillus thermodenitrificans, Bacillus thermoglucosidasius, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus thermoruber, Bacillus thermosphaericus, Bacillus thiaminolyticus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus tusciae, Bacillus validus, Bacillus vedderi, Bacillus velezensis, Bacillus vietnamensis, Bacillus vireti, Bacillus vulcani, Bacillus weihenstephanensis (species)
• (genus of Bacillidae): Bacillus atticus, Bacillus grandii, Bacillus lynceorum, Bacillus rossius (species)

Usage notes

Should not be confused with the class Bacilli.

Derived terms

• Paenibacillus

English

bacilli

Wikispecies

Noun

bacillus ‎(plural bacilli)

1. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus

     'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

Translations

Derived terms

• Actinobacillus
• Döderlein's bacillus
• Eberth's bacillus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of baculus ‎(“staff, walking stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /baˈkil.lus/, [baˈkɪl.lʊs]

Noun

bacillus m ‎(genitive bacillī); second declension

1. Alternative form of bacillum

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• French: bacille
• Russian: баци́лла f ‎(bacílla)

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bacillus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• bacillus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016