GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calymmatobacterium mean? 

• GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

  Familiarity information: GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium

Hypernyms ("genus Calymmatobacterium" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Calymmatobacterium"):

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale)