Clostridium perfringens

Translingual

Proper noun

Clostridium perfringens m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic bacterium.

Hypernyms

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

Further reading

• Clostridium perfringens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clostridium perfringens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clostridium perfringens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clostridium perfringens at National Center for Biotechnology Information