bacilli
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Bacilli are rod shaped which contain ribosomes and a nucleoid region with genetic material.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Bacilli and spirilli have similar basic structural features.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Microbes, such as the bacteria Bacilli, help plants break down chitin into usable forms.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
And when insect exoskeletons decompose, they spur the growth of Bacilli and other microbes that are already in the soil.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Hour by hour the fight goes on, Till the silent battle's won; Vainly do Bacilli shirk When their deadly foe's at work; Every microbe faints with fright At the fearsome Phagocyte.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 30, 1890 by Various
