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hay bacillus

noun

Definition of hay bacillus

: a rod-shaped spore-forming chiefly aerobic bacterium (Bacillus subtilis) widely distributed in soil and decaying organic matter

History and Etymology for hay bacillus

so called from the fact that isolations were formerly made from boiled hay infusions

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