抗こう酸さん菌きん

noun

acid-fast bacterium

Technical term in microbiology for bacteria that resist decolorization by acids during staining, notably Mycobacterium species.

• 結けっ核かく菌きんは抗こう酸さん菌きんの一いっ種しゅです。

  The tuberculosis bacterium is a type of acid-fast bacterium.