Producing or bearing bacilli; capable of generating rod-shaped bacterial cells.
From bacillus + -parous (Latin parere, 'to bear or produce'). This -parous suffix is found in terms like oviparous (egg-laying) and indicates the ability to generate something.
Some environments and foods become bacilliparous under certain conditions—for example, unpasteurized milk can become bacilliparous with dangerous pathogens when improperly stored.
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