Eberth's bacillus

Meaning

Noun

  • The bacillus Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (subspecies), the cause of typhoid.

Origin

  • It was described in 1880 by Karl Joseph Eberth. The pathogen of typhoid fever, it has since been renamed Salmonella typhi.

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