Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bacillus_subtilis

1 sense of bacillus subtilis

Sense 1
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus -- (a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics)
       => bacillus, B -- (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)