noun
Gartner's bacillus; Salmonella enteritidis
A specific serotype of Salmonella that causes food poisoning (gastroenteritis) in humans. Technical medical term; in everyday contexts, simply サルモネラ菌 is more common.
ゲルトナー菌は食中毒の原因菌の一つです。
Gartner's bacillus is one of the bacteria that cause food poisoning.
General term for Salmonella bacteria; ゲルトナー菌 is a specific serotype (Salmonella enteritidis).
Named after the German bacteriologist August Gärtner, who first isolated the bacterium in 1888. The Japanese name is a direct borrowing from German 'Gärtner' plus 菌 (bacterium).