gas bacillus

noun

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

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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."