Rod-shaped bacteria
The crossword clue "Rod-shaped bacteria" is answered by BACILLI, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BACILLI
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BACILLI answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PROTEI (1 uses in xd)
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