Definition of Streptobacillus

1. Noun. Any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria.

Generic synonyms: Rod

Definition of Streptobacillus

1. [n -LI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptobacillus

strenuousness
strenuousnesses
strep
strep throat
strepent
streperous
strepitous
streps
strepsipterous
strepsirrhine
strepsirrhines
streptavadin
streptavidin
strepto-
streptobacilli
streptobacillus
streptocarpus
streptococcal
streptococcal sore throat
streptococci
streptococcic
streptococcus
streptococcus tonsilitis
streptodornase
streptogramin
streptokinase
streptokinases
streptolysin
streptolysins
streptomyces

Literary usage of Streptobacillus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Guide to Meat Inspection by Thomas Walley (1902)
"The streptobacillus is a small oval rod measuring 1 X • 3 /A. The elements are ... The lesions caused by the streptobacillus are in the form of small ..."

2. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"It is specific in that it is caused by a specific microorganism, the streptobacillus of Ducrey.1 This bacillus is dumb-bell shaped, thick and rounded or ..."

3. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1919)
"The streptobacillus here considered was first isolated from a case of py- orrhea alveolaris, and being found in a number of subsequent cases it was decided ..."

4. A Text-book of bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1896)
"Hlava (1888) has described a " streptobacillus " which he supposes to be concerned in the etiology of this extremely contagious disease ; but it has been ..."

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