clostridium

Noun
  1. Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore (synset 101359797)
    is a type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
    belongs to: genus clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung
    same as: clostridia

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