HyperDic: genus_corynebacterium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Corynebacterium:
NOUNanimalgenus Corynebacteriumthe type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature
English > genus Corynebacterium: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals.
Member ofCorynebacteriaceae, family CorynebacteriaceaeA large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
MembersCorynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillusA species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
corynebacteriumAny species of the genus Corynebacterium
Broaderbacteria genusA genus of bacteria

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