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

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

Black rats carried fleas that were infested with a bacillus called Yersinia pestis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 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