genus clostridium

Noun

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  1. anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dungType of bacteria genusMember of Bacillaceae, family BacillaceaeMembers botulinus, clostridium perfringens, clostridium
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