noun
Etymology: so called from the fact that isolations were formerly made from boiled hay infusions
: a rod-shaped spore-forming chiefly aerobic bacterium ( Bacillus subtilis ) widely distributed in soil and decaying organic matter
noun
Etymology: so called from the fact that isolations were formerly made from boiled hay infusions
: a rod-shaped spore-forming chiefly aerobic bacterium ( Bacillus subtilis ) widely distributed in soil and decaying organic matter
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012