bacillus
Usage examples for bacillus:
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We grow old because every day we live beyond the age of thirty- the bacillus of old age is attacking us.
"Tarrano the Conqueror" – Raymond King Cummings -
Use some good disinfectant, such as Crude Carbolic Acid, which destroys the Bacillus of Hog Cholera.
"The Veterinarian" – Chas. J. Korinek -
The genus Bacillus to which the typical Stick- insects belong- has a somewhat similar geographical distribution.
"The History of the European Fauna" – R. F. Scharff