枯こ草そう菌きん

noun

hay bacillus; grass bacillus

A species of bacteria, Bacillus subtilis, commonly found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants and humans. Used in research and as a model organism.

• 枯こ草そう菌きんは土ど壌じょうや枯かれ草くさに広ひろく存そん在ざいする細さい菌きんです。

  Bacillus subtilis is a bacterium widely present in soil and dead grass.

• 枯こ草そう菌きんはモデル生せい物ぶつとしてよく研けん究きゅうされている。

  Bacillus subtilis is often studied as a model organism.