| Hofmann's bacillus | <bacteria> A nonpathogenic species found in normal throats. Synonym: Hofmann's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Shiga bacillus | A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that is extremely pathogenic and causes severe dysentery. Infection with this organism often leads to ulceration of the intestinal epithelium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Shiga-Kruse bacillus | A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that is extremely pathogenic and causes severe dysentery. Infection with this organism often leads to ulceration of the intestinal epithelium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sonne bacillus | A lactose-fermenting bacterium causing dysentery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| necrosis bacillus | A species of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria isolated from the natural cavities of man and other animals and from necrotic lesions, abscesses, and blood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Doderlein's bacillus | A large, Gram-positive bacterium occurring in normal vaginal secretions; although thought by some to be identical with Lactobacillus acidophilus, the identity of Doderlein's bacillus is still doubtful. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ducrey's bacillus | <bacteria> A species of haemophilus that appears to be the pathogen or causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease, chancroid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dysentery bacillus | An organism of the genus Shigella which causes dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| influenza bacillus | <bacteria> Bacterium sometimes associated with influenza virus infections, causes pneumonia and meningitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Eberth's bacillus | A serotype of salmonella enterica which is the aetiologic agent of typhoid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| timothy-hay bacillus | A saprophytic bacterium widely distributed in soil and dust and on plants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tubercle bacillus | The Gram-positive bacterium that causes tuberculosis. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Johne's bacillus | A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria non-pathogenic for humans. It is the aetiologic agent of johne's disease (see paratuberculosis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| typhoid bacillus | A serotype of salmonella enterica which is the aetiologic agent of typhoid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kitasato's 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) |