corynebacterium diphtheriae

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corynebacterium diphtheriae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  corynebacterium \co`ry*ne`bac*ter"i*um\, n. (MIcrobiol.)
     Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of
     gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped
     bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans
     and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae,
     which causes diphtheria.
     [PJC]

corynebacterium diphtheriae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Corynebacterium diphtheriae
      n 1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn:
           Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, Klebs- Loeffler bacillus
           ]