a disease-causing bacterium 病菌 ■a rod-shaped bacterium 芽孢杆菌
派生 bacillary adjective 语源
late 19th cent.: from late Latin, diminutive of Latin baculus 'stick'
用法
All bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus are called bacilli. However, there are some bacteria, also called bacilli, which do not belong to the genus Bacillus