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bacillus

UK /bəˈsɪləs/US /bəˈsɪləs/

词源

源自拉丁语 'bacillum'(小棍),指其杆状形态,后经科学命名沿用。

noun

❶ 杆菌,一种杆状的细菌,通常指某些致病菌,如炭疽杆菌。在生物学和医学中常用于描述特定形态的微生物。

“The bacillus causing tuberculosis was identified by Robert Koch.”

(引起结核病的杆菌是由罗伯特·科赫发现的。)

“Under the microscope, the bacillus appears as a rod-shaped organism.”

(在显微镜下,杆菌呈现为杆状生物体。)

同义词:bacterium, microbe, germ

常见短语

bacillus subtilis — 枯草芽孢杆菌,一种常见的非致病性细菌,广泛用于科研和工业生产。

“Bacillus subtilis is often used in genetic research due to its simplicity.”

(枯草芽孢杆菌因其结构简单常用于遗传学研究。)