Translingual

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, stained with methylene blue

Proper noun

Corynebacterium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Corynebacteriaceae – Gram-positive bacteria, including the species that causes diphtheria.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Corynebacterium accolens, Corynebacterium afermentans, Corynebacterium ammoniagenes, Corynebacterium amycolatum, Corynebacterium appendicis, Corynebacterium aquilae, Corynebacterium argentoratense, Corynebacterium atypicum, Corynebacterium aurimucosum, Corynebacterium auris, Corynebacterium auriscanis, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium beticola, Corynebacterium bovis, Corynebacterium callunae, Corynebacterium camporealensis, Corynebacterium capitovis, Corynebacterium casei, Corynebacterium caspium, Corynebacterium ciconiae, Corynebacterium confusum, Corynebacterium coyleae, Corynebacterium cystitidis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium durum, Corynebacterium efficiens, Corynebacterium equi, Corynebacterium falsenii, Corynebacterium fascians, Corynebacterium felinum, Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium flavescens, Corynebacterium freneyi, Corynebacterium glaucum, Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium halotolerans, Corynebacterium hoagii, Corynebacterium ilicis, Corynebacterium imitans, Corynebacterium insidiosum, Corynebacterium iranicum, Corynebacterium jeikeium, Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii, Corynebacterium kutscheri, Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum, Corynebacterium liquefaciens, Corynebacterium macginleyi, Corynebacterium mastitidis, Corynebacterium matruchotii, Corynebacterium mediolaneum, Corynebacterium michiganense, Corynebacterium minutissimum, Corynebacterium mooreparkense, Corynebacterium mucifaciens, Corynebacterium mycetoides, Corynebacterium nebraskense, Corynebacterium nigricans, Corynebacterium oortii, Corynebacterium paurometabolum, Corynebacterium phocae, Corynebacterium pilosum, Corynebacterium poinsettiae, Corynebacterium propinquum, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Corynebacterium pyogenes, Corynebacterium rathayi, Corynebacterium renale, Corynebacterium resistens, Corynebacterium riegelii, Corynebacterium sepedonicum, Corynebacterium simulans, Corynebacterium singulare, Corynebacterium sphenisci, Corynebacterium spheniscorum, Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium suicordis, Corynebacterium sundsvallense, Corynebacterium terpenotabidum, Corynebacterium testudinoris, Corynebacterium thomssenii, Corynebacterium tritici, Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, Corynebacterium ulcerans, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Corynebacterium variabile, Corynebacterium vitaeruminis, Corynebacterium xerosis, (species)

English

Noun

corynebacterium ‎(plural corynebacteria)

1. Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic