Corynebacterium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  corynebacterium \co`ry*ne`bac*ter"i*um\, n. (MIcrobiol.)
     Any member of the genus {Corynebacterium}, consisting of
     gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped
     bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans
     and domestic animals, such as {Corynebacterium diphtheriae},
     which causes diphtheria.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corynebacterium
       n : any species of the genus Corynebacterium