| HBCG | heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin bacillus |
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| KL | kidney lobe; Klebs-Loeffler [bacillus]; Kleine-Levin [syndrome] |
| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| Tb | Tbilisi [phage]; terbium; tubercle bacillus; tuberculosis |
| TBA | tertiary butylacetate; testosterone-binding affinity; tetrabutylammonium; thiobarbituric acid; to be... |
| 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) |
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| Bang's bacillus | A species of the genus brucella whose natural hosts are cattle and other bovidae. Other mammals, including man, may be infected. Abortion and placentitis are frequently produced in the pregnant animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Battey bacillus | A species found in lung lesions and sputum of humans; may cause bone and tendon-sheath lesions in rabbits; some strains are pathogenic for mice. Recently linked to opportunistic infections in humans. Synonym: Battey bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue pus bacillus | A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens (wound, burn, and urinary tract infections). It is also found widely distributed in soil and water. P. Aeruginosa is a major agent of nosocomial infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bordet-Gengou bacillus | <bacteria> A small, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus, causative organism of whooping cough. Produces a variety of toxins including a dermonecrotising toxin, an adenyl cyclase, an endotoxin and pertussis toxin, as well as surface components such as fimbrial haemagglutinin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Calmette-Guerin bacillus | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gartner's bacillus | A serotype of salmonella enterica which is an aetiologic agent of gastroenteritis in man and other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gas 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) |
| paracolon bacillus | Any one of a number of diverse enteric bacteria which fail to ferment lactose promptly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paradysentery bacillus | A bacterium which is one of the aetiologic agents of bacillary dysentery (dysentery, bacillary) and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paratyphoid bacillus | One of the three organisms causing the three forms, A, B, and C, of paratyphoid fever. See: paratyphoid fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Park-Williams bacillus | A special strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae used for toxin production. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ghon-Sachs bacillus | A species found in malignant oedema of animals, in human war wounds, and in cases of appendicitis; it is pathogenic for guinea pigs, rabbits, mice, and pigeons and produces an exotoxin that is lethal and haemolytic. Synonym: Ghon-Sachs bacillus, Sachs' bacillus, vibrion septique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glanders bacillus | A species infectious to horses and donkeys, causing glanders and farcy. Synonym: glanders bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vincent's bacillus | Probably Fusobacterium nucleatum. (05 Mar 2000) |