Crossword clues for clostridium
The Collaborative International Dictionary
clostridium \clostridium\ n. clostridia
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spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore.
Syn: clostridia.
[capitalized] a genus of anaerobic, spore-forming motile bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including several pathogenic species, such as the causative agents of gas gangrene ( Clostridium perfringens), botulism ( Clostridium botulinum), and tetanus ( Clostridium tetani).
Wiktionary
n. 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
WordNet
n. spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore [syn: clostridia]
[also: clostridia (pl)]
Wikipedia
Clostridium is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes several significant human pathogens, most notably the causative agent of botulism. They are obligate anaerobes capable of producing endospores. The normal, reproducing cells of Clostridium, called the vegetative form, are rod-shaped, which gives them their name, from the Greek κλωστήρ or spindle. Clostridium endospores have a distinct bowling pin or bottle shape, distinguishing them from other bacterial endospores, which are usually ovoid in shape. Clostridium species inhabit soils and the intestinal tract of animals, including humans. Clostridium is a normal inhabitant of the healthy lower reproductive tract of women.
Usage examples of "clostridium".
Like anthrax, the bacterium Clostridium botulinum forms a hard shell, called a spore, to protect itself when the environment turns inhospitable.
Although clinical trials had not yet even begun, preliminary tests had indicated that Ribomax, a genetically engineered RNA molecule, was effective against a wide range of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, including pathogens of the genera Clostridium, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus.
The corpse is a paradise of luminescent bacteria, anaerobic clostridia, penicilliumall working their own active, grimy little bodies into action, where they oxidize fat, break down protein and carbohydrates.
I had a call from a doctor in Beverly Hills who thought he had a case of resistant Clostridium perfringens.
The taco restaurant at which Sunny had eaten tested positive for Clostridium botulinum.
Clostridium botilinum and Clostridium perfringens were not a million miles apart, and West had characterized Omega as an effective scatter-gun.
It may be that your patient's clostridium will respond to another antibiotic and is not actually multiresistant at all.
And yesterday I had a call from a doctor in Beverly Hills who thought he had a case of resistant Clostridium perfringens.
How staph transfers resistance to something like a clostridium, I don't know, but maybe that's what we're looking at.
Botulinum was a spore-forming bacteria, a clostridium, like the bug that had gotten into Wingate's patient.
It's passing genetic material to other bacteria, to pathogensStaphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinumbugs that can kill if the body doesn't get help.
Highly distorted, because of gas bubbles from the clostridia infection that bloated the animal.
This many hours after death, Gary Wechlas's corpse ought to be teeming with Clostridium welch, which is associated with gas gangrene.
Clostridia and pneumococci produced a variety of hemolysins that destroyed red cells.
However, UNSCOM discovered that Iraq had also conducted research on Clostridium perfringens (which causes gangrene), ricin, and several viruses, including plague, as well.