corynebacterium

English Thesaurus

1. any species of the genus Corynebacterium (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	c. diphtheriae, corynebacterium diphtheriae, klebs-loeffler bacillus,
definition	:	a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus corynebacterium,
definition	:	the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals (noun.animal)