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Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a
genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a
member of the
phylum Bacillota, with 266
named species. The term is also used...
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Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive rod-shaped
bacterium commonly found in soil, food, and
marine sponges. The
specific name, cereus,
meaning "waxy" in...
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Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive and rod-shaped
bacterium that
causes anthrax, a
deadly disease to
livestock and, occasionally, to humans. It is the...
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Bacillus subtilis (/bəˈsɪl.əs subˈtiː.lis/),
known also as the hay
bacillus or gr****
bacillus, is a gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium, found...
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Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most
commonly used
biological pesticide worldwide. B.
thuringiensis also...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), also
known as Koch's
bacillus, is a
species of
pathogenic bacteria in the
family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative...
- The
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccine is a
vaccine primarily used
against tuberculosis (TB). It is
named after its
inventors Albert Calmette and Camille...
- Clifton's K-12
strain (λ+ F+; O16) and to a
lesser degree from d'Herelle's "
Bacillus coli"
strain (B strain; O7).
There have been
multiple proposals to revise...
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Sporosarcina globispora,
formerly known as
Bacillus globisporus, is a Gram-positive, aerobic,
round spore-forming
bacillus.
Strains of this
species were originally...
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Bacillus licheniformis is a
bacterium commonly found in the soil. It is
found on bird feathers,
especially chest and back plumage, and most
often in ground-dwelling...
