genus clostridium

1. Anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes;
   Nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung (synset 101359529)
   is a type of: bacteria genus - a genus of bacteria
   member holonym:

   • clostridia, clostridium - spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
   • botulinum, botulinus, clostridium botulinum - anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
   • clostridium perfringens - anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
   belongs to: bacillaceae, family bacillaceae - typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores

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