gas bacillus

noun

1. any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.

Example Sentences

The bacillus frequently is present in soil and when carried to an open wound germinates quickly, developing into bubbles of gaseous matter, whence comes the name "gas bacillus."

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Chemistry, for instance, discovered an antitoxin for the deadly gangrene, or gas bacillus, poisoning of the battlefields.

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The gas bacillus was discovered by Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins University, 25 years ago.

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