also: ねずみチフスきん
noun
Salmonella Typhimurium
Scientific name for a bacterium causing typhoid-like illness in rodents; also a common cause of human food poisoning.
ネズミチフス菌は食中毒の原因菌の一つです。
Salmonella Typhimurium is one of the causative bacteria of food poisoning.
Refers to Salmonella typhi, the cause of human typhoid fever, while ネズミチフス菌 is a different species primarily affecting rodents.
Compound of ネズミ (mouse/rat), チフス (typhus, from German 'Typhus'), and 菌 (bacterium). The name reflects its association with typhoid-like disease in rodents.