comma bacillus

comma bacillus

n (Microbiology) a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae

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comma bacillus - comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic choleraVibrio commagenus Vibrio - a genus of bacteriavibrio, vibrion - curved rodlike motile bacterium