Clostridium

See also: clostridium

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr, “spindle”) +‎ -idium (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Clostridium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – clostridium bacteria, including such human pathogens as the agents of botulism and tetanus.

Hypernyms

• (order): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Clostridia – class; Clostridiales – order; Clostridiaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clostridium butyricum – type species; Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium pasteurianum, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium tyrobutyricum – selected other species

Derived terms

• Clostridioides
• Paeniclostridium
• Paraclostridium
• Peptoclostridium

See also

• Clostridioides difficile (syn. Clostridium difficile)

References

• Clostridium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clostridium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clostridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clostridium at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Clostridium in the Genome Taxonomy Database