genus corynebacterium
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | bacteria genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of bacteria (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | corynebacterium, |
| definition | : | any species of the genus Corynebacterium (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | c. diphtheriae, corynebacterium diphtheriae, klebs-loeffler bacillus, |
| definition | : | a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | corynebacteriaceae, family corynebacteriaceae, |
| definition | : | a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales (noun.animal) |
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