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GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Clostridium mean?
• GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM has 1 sense:
1. anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung
Familiarity information: GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Clostridium" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Clostridium"):
clostridia; clostridium (spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore)
botulinum; botulinus; Clostridium botulinum (anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism)
clostridium perfringens (anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon)
Holonyms ("genus Clostridium" is a member of...):
Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae (typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores)
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