bacillus

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But tuberculosis is also curable and preventable, caused by a bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and spread when people who are sick expel bacteria into the air, usually by coughing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021

A series of laboratory discoveries in the late 19th century taught scientists that Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the bacillus that caused diphtheria, killed animals and people by producing a toxin.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

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

From Nature • Apr. 23, 2019

And in this particular race the winner will probably turn out to be the TB bacillus.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2012

There is also another kind of plague to worry about: the plague bacillus is endemic all over the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan