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Johne's bacillus

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  1. Johne's bacillus (noun)
  2. Johne's disease (noun)

Joh·ne's bacillus

noun \ˈyō-ˌnēz-, -nəz-\

Definition of JOHNE'S BACILLUS

: a bacillus of the genus Mycobacterium (M. paratuberculosis) that causes Johne's disease

Biographical Note for JOHNE'S BACILLUS

Joh·ne \ˈyō-nə\ , Heinrich Albert (1839–1910), German bacteriologist. Johne developed a method for staining bacterial capsules in 1894. He discovered Johne's bacillus in 1895.

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