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noun
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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noun
spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clostridia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
History
Borrowed from Translingual Clostridium.
Across languages
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