CLOSTRIDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clostridia mean? 

• CLOSTRIDIA (noun)
  The noun CLOSTRIDIA has 1 sense:

1. spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore

  Familiarity information: CLOSTRIDIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSTRIDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

clostridia; clostridium

Hypernyms ("clostridia" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("clostridia" is a member of...):

genus Clostridium (anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung)

 Context examples 

Fidaxomicin appears to be active against pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria, such as clostridia, enterococci, and staphylococci, but does not appear to be active against other beneficial intestinal bacteria.

(Fidaxomicin, NCI Thesaurus)