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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium, which includes many animal and plant pathogens, such as the causative agent of diphtheria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
bacterium , of the genusCorynebacterium , many of which are pathogenic or parasitic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any species of the genus Corynebacterium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Corynēbacterium, genus name : Greek korunē, club; see ker- in Indo-European roots + bacterium.]
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