CLOSTRIDIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: clostridia

Meaning:

Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore

Synonyms:

clostridia; clostridium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("clostridium" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("clostridium" is a member of...):

genus Clostridium (anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung)