bacilli

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Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2022

Cholera, tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid bacilli were subsequently identified.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020

Is the humid air a forum whence bacilli sense a quorum?

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

Part b: The micrograph shows hotdog-shaped bacilli about 2 microns long.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

However, if the bacilli become active—when someone’s immune system is compromised, as with AIDS—they multiply rapidly into a bone-eating, lung-consuming illness that, unless treated, is fatal.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French