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GENUS CORYNEBACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Corynebacterium" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Corynebacterium"):
corynebacterium (any species of the genus Corynebacterium)
C. diphtheriae; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus (a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria)
Holonyms ("genus Corynebacterium" is a member of...):
Corynebacteriaceae; family Corynebacteriaceae (a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)
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