comma bacillus

American  

noun

1. a curved, rod-shaped bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, causing Asiatic cholera.

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comma bacillus British  

noun

1. a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae

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Etymology

Origin of comma bacillus

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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comma bacillus

Pacini had discovered the “germ”, but it was not until the German physician Robert Koch himself discovered the comma bacillus in Egypt in 1883 that germ theory became popularised.

From The Guardian ● May 1, 2020

During this epidemic Koch discovered the comma bacillus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

With anthrax bacilli vitality is retained for nearly a week; whereas, the comma bacillus appears to be killed in a very short time.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

The comma bacillus of Koch, and the typhoid fever germ of Eberth, are especially destroyed in normal gastric juice.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

This disease is caused by the presence of a microbe, known as the "comma bacillus," which manufactures a virulent poison, called a ptomaine.

From The Royal Road to Health by Charles Alfred Tyrrell

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