Johne's bacillus

noun

Joh·ne's bacillus | \ ˈyō-ˌnēz-, -nəz-

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Medical Definition of Johne's bacillus

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

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