corynebacterium

corynebacterium
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. [PJC]

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