Question

What is the difference between bacillus and ascus?

Answer 1

Bacillus:

1. Bacillus is a type of small living creature.
2. Some of the bacillus cause diseases.

Ascus:

Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores produced by meiosis followed in most species by a mitotic cell division.

Differences between bacillus and ascus:

Bacillus	Ascus
1.Bacillus is a bacteria.	1.The ascus is a spore-bearing sac found in fungi belonging to ascomycetes
2. Bacillus species are rod-shaped endosperm forming aerobic or anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria.	2. They are the fruiting body of ascomycetes.
3. Example: Anthracis of anthrax.	3. Example: Venturia inaequalis (apple scab).