GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Clostridium mean? 

• GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung

  Familiarity information: GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Clostridium" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Clostridium"):

clostridia; clostridium (spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore)

botulinum; botulinus; Clostridium botulinum (anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism)

clostridium perfringens (anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon)

Holonyms ("genus Clostridium" is a member of...):

Bacillaceae; family Bacillaceae (typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores)