corynebacterium : Idioms & Phrases
corynebacterium diphtheriae
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noun a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
C. diphtheriae; Klebs-Loeffler bacillus.
WordNet
genus corynebacterium
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noun the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals
