| NOUN | animal | genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Member of | Corynebacteriaceae, family Corynebacteriaceae | A large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales |
| Members | Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus | A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria |
| corynebacterium | Any species of the genus Corynebacterium | |
| Broader | bacteria genus | A genus of bacteria |
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