corynebacterium (redirected from Corynebacterium ulcerans)

co·ry·ne·bac·te·ri·um  (kôr-n-bk-tîr-m, k-rn-)

n. pl. co·ry·ne·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr-)

Any of various gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium, which includes many animal and plant pathogens, such as the causative agent of diphtheria.

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[New Latin Corynbacterium, genus name : Greek korun, club; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots + bacterium.]

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corynebacterium - any species of the genus Corynebacterium eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella genus Corynebacterium - the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals C. diphtheriae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus - a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria