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Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
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clostridium
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
clostridium \clostridium\ n. clostridia 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore [syn: clostridia ] [also: clostridia (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
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.