Translingual

Proper noun

Clostridium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – the clostridium bacteria.

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Clostridium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species

English

Wikispecies

Scanning Electron micrograph of Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample.

Noun

clostridium ‎(plural clostridia)

1. Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores