The practice of growing and cultivating bacilli in laboratory conditions for scientific study or medical purposes.
From bacillus + culture (Latin colere, 'to cultivate'). This compound term mirrors other scientific cultivation terms like aquaculture and horticulture, applying the same principle to bacteria.
Bacilliculture is how scientists discovered antibiotic resistance—by growing bacteria in labs and watching how they survived drugs, they uncovered one of medicine's biggest modern challenges.
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