Clostridium difficile

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Proper noun

Clostridium difficile n

A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – a particular bacterium which can be fatal to humans, associated with hospital-acquired infections, now Clostridioides difficile.

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Hypernyms

(species): Clostridiales - order; Clostridiaceae - family; Clostridium - genus

Derived terms

See also

CDI

References

Clostridium difficile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clostridium difficile on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clostridium difficile on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Clostridium-difficile at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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