Coccus vs. Bacillus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Coccus and Bacillus
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Coccus
A bacterium having a spherical or spheroidal shape.
Bacillus
Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Firmicutes, with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of certain bacteria; and the plural Bacilli is the name of the class of bacteria to which this genus belongs.
Coccus
Any approximately spherical bacterium.
Bacillus
Any of various bacteria, especially a rod-shaped bacterium.
Coccus
One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
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Bacillus
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, aerobic bacteria of the genus Bacillus that often occur in chains and include B. anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax.
Coccus
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
Bacillus
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
Coccus
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
Bacillus
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
Coccus
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Bacillus
Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
Coccus
Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Bacillus
A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
Bacillus
Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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