bacillus

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Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Robert Koch’s discovery of the contagious tubercle bacillus in 1882 gave rise to the sanatorium movement in Europe and the United States.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2020

In 1876, the German scientist Robert Koch discovered the anthrax bacillus, kicking off the new research field of medical bacteriology.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020

From that point, Kinyoun was at war with more than a bacillus.

From Nature • Apr. 23, 2019

The first European incursion of the Black Death, in 1347-51, was a classic virgin-soil epidemic; mutation had just created the pulmonary version of the bacillus Yersiniapestis.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann