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杆菌
桿菌
gǎnjūn
1. bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
Common • Top 19%

Character Breakdown

杆
gān
cane, pole, stick
HSK 6 7 丶
菌
jūn
mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (16)

嗜血杆菌
shìxuègǎnjūn
hemophile bacteria
大肠杆菌
dàchánggǎnjūn
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
枯草杆菌
kūcǎogǎnjūn
bacillus subtilis
炭疽杆菌
tànjūgǎnjūn
anthrax bacterium
白喉杆菌
báihóugǎnjūn
Klebs-Loeddler bacillus (the diphtheria bacterium)
结核杆菌
jiéhégǎnjūn
tubercle bacillus
肉毒杆菌
ròudúgǎnjūn
Clostridium botulinum
军团杆菌
jūntuángǎnjūn
legionella bacteria
霍乱杆菌
huòluàngǎnjūn
Vibrio cholerae
鼠疫杆菌
shǔyìgǎnjūn
Yersinia pestis
布氏杆菌病
bùshìgǎnjūnbìng
brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)
幽门螺杆菌
yōuménluógǎnjūn
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
幽门螺旋杆菌
yōuménluóxuángǎnjūn
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
李斯特氏杆菌
Lǐsītèshìgǎnjūn
listeria bacillus
肉毒杆菌毒素
ròudúgǎnjūndúsù
botulinum toxin
肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌
ròudúsuōzhuàngyábāogǎnjūn
Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)

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