gas bacillus

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gas bacillus

An anaerobic, gram-negative, motile bacterium of the genus Clostridium that causes gas gangrene in humans.

gas bacillus

Etymology: Gk, chaos + L, bacillum, small rod

any of several species of bacillus that produce a gas as a by-product of their metabolism. Examples include Escherichia coli, which ferments lactose and glucose, and the clostridial species that produces gas gangrene.

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