Bacterium

(bak-te’re-um), pl. Bacter’ia [L.; Gr. βακτήριον little rod}. 1. A genus of schizomycetes of short and rod-like form, distinguished from bacillus by the absence of cilia or flagella. 2. Any Don-animal microdrganism; a microphyte. Β. accident a’lis tet’ani, a pathogenic species from us in tetanus. Β. ace’ti. Bacillus aceti.. acid i lac’tic i. See Bacillus acid i lactic i. B. ti’acum. Same as Koch-Weeks’ baciljus. Β. a/éris minutis’simum, a very small species from air, producing a canary-yellow pigment. , aéro’genes. Sce Bacillus aérogenes. Β. allii. See Bacillus ali i. Β. anthroposep’-