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Coccus vs. Bacillus — What's the Difference?

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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