colon bacillus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of colon bacillus
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Any of several bacteria can cause pyelonephritis, but the worst offender is the colon bacillus.
From Time Magazine Archive
A doctor writes us that infection by the colon bacillus can be excluded, but we should say that what the patient needs is not a doctor but a proof reader.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
Generally, a chemist will also determine the presence of the colon bacillus which is found in the intestinal tract of man or warm-blooded animals.
From Rural Hygiene by Ogden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)
The inability to readily separate the typhoid germ, for instance, from the colon bacillus, an organism frequently found in milk, presents technical difficulties not easily overcome.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
The foulness of the mouth is supposed to be due to the colon bacillus and its allies, but those obtained from the mouth are innocuous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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