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

Robert Koch’s discovery of the contagious tubercle bacillus in 1882 gave rise to the sanatorium movement in Europe and the United States.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2020

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

From Nature • Apr. 23, 2019

And so – not without a certain delight in my own suffering, of course – I sat on the couch, a sniffling bacillus tucked cosily on either side.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2015

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan