bot·u·li·num 
(bŏch′ə-līnəm) also bot·u·li·nus (-nəs)
(bŏch′ə-līnəm) also bot·u·li·nus (-nəs)n.
An anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that secretes botulin and inhabits soils.
[New Latin botulīnum, specific epithet, from Latin botulus, sausage.]
bot′u·linal adj.