Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.
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Bacilli
/bəˈsɪl.aɪ/
Synonyms for "bacilli" (3 found)
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rod bacteria
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rod shaped bacteria
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4 entriesBacillus cereusBacillus subtilisClostridium tetaniMycobacterium tuberculosis
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6 entriesacid fast bacillibacilli culturegram negative bacilligram positive bacillirod shaped bacillispore forming bacilli
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Are you taking lactic acid bacilli regularly?
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One lie in the presence of a policeman seemed to multiply like bacilli.
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