When infectious people cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
We distinguish within this group two widely different series of forms, which we will speak of as bacilli and cocco-bacteria respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
Typhoid bacilli enter the body only through the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Flagella, classification of bacilli by, 136 to stain, 101. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
If the bacilli are aggregated into clumps, positive reaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
~ -- (To demonstrate tubercle and other acid-fast bacilli.) 1. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The nature of the bacteria present -- e. g., cocci, bacilli, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
In the surface-soil, among the bacteria, bacilli are most abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
More than 1,115 lepra-like bacilli were counted in a single fly-speck. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Considers that house-flies and probably fruit-flies carry typhoid bacilli. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Fly-specks may contain virulent tubercular bacilli for at least fifteen days. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Stain in hot carbol-fuchsin (as for tubercle bacilli) for five to ten minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The child inhales the bacilli which cause the disease with the air it breathes. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The bacilli may lodge on toys or other articles from which the child gets them. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Tubercular bacilli pass through the digestive tract of flies and remain virulent. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Films containing tubercle bacilli must of course be stained by the Ziehl Neelsen method. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The FBI tested the box for residue of anthrax bacilli, and at first got a positive result. From Wordnik.com. [Finally, The Fbi Uncovers A Tantalizing Clue] Reference
Subcultivate such as appear to be composed of diphtheria bacilli in glucose peptone solution. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Experiments with fleas and lice from infected squirrels demonstrating presence of plague bacilli. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
The reason is simple: when compared to anthrax bacilli, computer viruses don't seem so threatening. From Wordnik.com. [Random Access: The End Of Snail Mail?] Reference
Heat in the steamer at 100° C. for twenty minutes to destroy the bacilli and some of their products. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Rowland and Macfadyen for the same purpose introduced the method of grinding the bacilli in liquid air. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
P.F. O. Rayer in 1850 and Davaine had observed the bacilli in the blood of animals dead of anthrax (splenic fever), and. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Differentiate the bacilli after isolation by means of their cultural reactions and biological characters into members of. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
(This often, but not invariably, removes the stain from acid-fast bacilli other than tubercle; e. g., smegma bacillus.) 7. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Outside on the breezy downs one may drink in pure ozone from the Atlantic, and revel in an atmosphere untainted by microbes or bacilli. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Apparently, typhoid bacilli and similar bacteria are capable of living and retaining their vitality longest during that season of the year. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
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