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CORYNEBACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any species of the genus Corynebacterium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corynebacterium" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corynebacterium"):
C. diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus (a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria)
Holonyms ("corynebacterium" is a member of...):
genus Corynebacterium (the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals)
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