bacillus

1. Any of various bacteria, especially a rod-shaped bacterium.

2. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, aerobic bacteria of the genus Bacillus that often occur in chains and include B. anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax.

3. Any of a genus () of rod-shaped gram-positive usually aerobic bacteria producing endospores and including many saprophytes and some parasites (as of anthrax).

4. A straight rod-shaped bacterium.

5. A disease-producing bacterium.

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bacillus	12	Scrabble

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8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bacillus	12