Clostridium
See also: clostridium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr, “spindle”) + -idium (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Clostridium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – the clostridium bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (order): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Firmicutes - phylum; Clostridia - class; Clostridiales - order; Clostridiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Clostridium butyricum - type species; Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium pasteurianum, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium tyrobutyricum - selected other species
Derived terms
See also
References
Clostridium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Clostridium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Clostridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Clostridium at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Clostridium in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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