noun
Clostridium chauvoei; blackleg bacterium
Technical term in veterinary microbiology; the causative agent of blackleg in cattle and other ruminants.
気腫疽菌は牛の気腫疽の原因菌です。
Clostridium chauvoei is the causative bacterium of blackleg in cattle.
Compound of 気腫疽 (blackleg, emphysematous gangrene) + 菌 (bacterium). The derivation of 気腫疽 is uncertain; it is a Sino-Japanese medical term.