| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |