| GNB | ganglioneuroblastoma; gram-negative bacillus; guanine nucleotide-binding [protein] |
|---|---|
| HBCG | heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin bacillus |
| 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 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| Whitmore's bacillus | A species found in cases of melioidosis in humans and other animals and in soil and water in tropical regions. Synonym: Whitmore's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Much's bacillus | <bacteria, microbiology> An alleged non-acid-fast granular form of the tubercle bacillus; not demonstrable by the Ziehl stain, but takes a modified Gram stain; it is said to be the form present in the tuberculous skin lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Plaut's bacillus | Probably Fusobacterium nucleatum, differentiated by some from Vincent's bacillus; the former is motile and nonpathogenic, the latter is nonmotile and pathogenic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Plotz bacillus | A small, Gram-positive bacterium suggested as the pathogenic agent of typhus fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hansen's bacillus | A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes leprosy in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Preisz-Nocard bacillus | <bacteria> A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria that was originally isolated from necrotic areas in the kidney of a sheep. It may cause ulcerative lymphangitis, abscesses, and other chronic purulent infections in sheep, horses, and other warm-blooded animals. Human disease may form from contact with infected animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hay 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) |
| 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) |
| Schmorl's 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) |
| Schottmueller's bacillus | A species causing enteric fever in man; found rarely in cattle, sheep, swine, chickens, and lower primates. Synonym: Schottmueller's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hofmann's bacillus | <bacteria> A nonpathogenic species found in normal throats. Synonym: Hofmann's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |