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BACILLUS SUBTILIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bacillus subtilis mean?
• BACILLUS SUBTILIS (noun)
The noun BACILLUS SUBTILIS has 1 sense:
1. a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
Familiarity information: BACILLUS SUBTILIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bacillus globigii; Bacillus subtilis; grass bacillus; hay bacillus
Hypernyms ("Bacillus subtilis" is a kind of...):
B; bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)
Context examples
The zinc salt form of bacitracin, a complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity.
(Bacitracin Zinc, NCI Thesaurus)
A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis.
(Bacitracin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity.
(Bacitracin, NCI Thesaurus)
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus subtilis.
(Bacillus subtilis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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