English noun: genus Clostridium | |||
1. | genus Clostridium (animal) anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bacteria genus | ||
Member holonym | botulinum, botulinus, clostridia, clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, clostridium perfringens | ||
Member meronym | Bacillaceae, family Bacillaceae | ||