clostridium

See also: Clostridium

English

Wikispecies

Scanning Electron micrograph of Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample.

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

clostridium (plural clostridia)

1. 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

Derived terms

• clostridiosis

 

Translations

Translations

• French: clostridie (fr) f
• Greek: κλωστρίδιο (el) n (klostrídio), κλωστηρίδιο (el) n (klostirídio)