clostridia

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clos·trid·i·um (kl

-str

n. pl. clos·trid·i·a (-

)

Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus.

[New Latin Clstridium, genus name, from Greek klstr, klstr-, spindle, from klthein, to spin.]

clos·tridi·al (-

l) adj.

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clostridia - spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore

clostridium

eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

genus Clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung

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