| bacillus popilliae | <bacteria> Bacillus popilliae is a Gram-positive bacterium which attacks only the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) and is therefore used to kill the beetles. When the larvae are infected, they turn white because of all the bacterial spores (endospores) that develop in the insects' haemolymph (blood equivalent). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| Bacillus pumilus ribonuclease | <enzyme> The extracellular ribonuclease of b. Pumilus kmm62; shares 98% structural identity with binase, 72% with barnase; genbank u06867 Registry number: EC 3.1.4.- Synonym: bacillus pumilus rnase, rnase bp (26 Jun 1999) |
| Bacillus sphaericus | A species that is an insect pathogen and that has been associated with human and other mammalian infections, especially in compromised hosts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillus stearothermophilus | A species of gram-positive bacteria found in soil, hot springs, arctic waters, ocean sediments, and spoiled food products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillus subtilis | <bacteria> Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, nonpathogenic bacterium which lives in soil. Its genome has been widely studied and is frequently used in genetic engineering and microbiology experiments. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Bacillus thuringiensis | <bacteria> Soil living bacterium that produces an endotoxin that is deadly to insects. Many strains exist, each with great specificity as to target Orders of insects. In general, the mode of action involves solubilisation at the high pH within the target insect's gut, followed by proteolytic cleavage, the activated peptides form pores in the gut cell apical plasma membranes, causing lysis of the cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| glanders bacillus | A species infectious to horses and donkeys, causing glanders and farcy. Synonym: glanders bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Vincent's bacillus | Probably Fusobacterium nucleatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vole bacillus | An acid-fast bacillus isolated from voles and used in the production of a vaccine against human and bovine tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grass bacillus | <bacteria> Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, nonpathogenic bacterium which lives in soil. Its genome has been widely studied and is frequently used in genetic engineering and microbiology experiments. (09 Oct 1997) |
| ribonuclease (Bacillus subtilis) | 1. Ribonuclease (Azotobacter agilis); ribonuclease (Proteus mirabilis); an enzyme catalyzing the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA to yield 2',3'-cyclic nucleotides. 2. Ribonuclease T1. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholera bacillus | <bacteria> Bacterium that causes cholera, the life threatening aspects of which are caused by the exotoxin (see cholera toxin). Short, slightly curved rods, highly motile (single polar flagellum), gram-negative. Adhere to intestinal epithelium (adhesion mechanism unknown) and produce enzymes (neuraminidase, proteases) that facilitate access of the bacterium to the epithelial surface. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Pfeiffer's bacillus | <bacteria> Bacterium sometimes associated with influenza virus infections, causes pneumonia and meningitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mist bacillus | A saprophytic species of bacteria found in smegma from the genitalia of humans and many of the lower animals; it is also found in soil, dust, and water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moeller's grass bacillus | A saprophytic bacterium widely distributed in soil and dust and on plants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Weeks' bacillus | <bacteria> Bacterium sometimes associated with influenza virus infections, causes pneumonia and meningitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| colon bacillus | <bacteria> The archetypal bacterium for biochemists, used very extensively in experimental work. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus (0.5 x 3-5 m) abundant in the large intestine (colon) of mammals. Abbreviation: E. Coli (18 Nov 1997) |
| Welch's bacillus | The most common aetiologic agent of gas gangrene. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Morgan's bacillus | Type (and only) species of the genus Morganella. Synonym: Morgan's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comma bacillus | <bacteria> Bacterium that causes cholera, the life threatening aspects of which are caused by the exotoxin (see cholera toxin). Short, slightly curved rods, highly motile (single polar flagellum), gram-negative. Adhere to intestinal epithelium (adhesion mechanism unknown) and produce enzymes (neuraminidase, proteases) that facilitate access of the bacterium to the epithelial surface. (18 Nov 1997) |
| plague bacillus | The bacterial cause of the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the black death) and later in the middle ages decimated europe. The effects of the plague are described in the nursery rhyme we all fall down. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of fleas that have fed on infected animals, mostly rodents. Plague occurs in the u.s. It is treatable with antibiotics but, if not treated promptly, can promptly lead to death. (12 Dec 1998) |