genus clostridium
English Thesaurus
1. anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung (noun.animal)
| member holonym | : | clostridia, clostridium, |
| definition | : | spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | clostridium perfringens, |
| definition | : | anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | bacillaceae, family bacillaceae, |
| definition | : | typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores (noun.animal) |
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