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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 holonymbotulinum, botulinus, clostridia, clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, clostridium perfringens


Member meronymBacillaceae, family Bacillaceae









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