Johne's bacillus

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.