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Koch's bacillus

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Koch's bacillus (kôks, kôs)
n.
1. See tubercle bacillus.
2. A gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae that produces a soluble exotoxin that may be the causative agent of Asiatic cholera in humans. Also called comma bacillus.
Koch's bacillus
[kōks]
Etymology: Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, 1843-1910; L, bacillum, small rod
the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microorganism, a gram-positive bacterium.


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