clostridium

See also: Clostridium

English

Scanning Electron micrograph of Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample.

From the genus name.

clostridium (plural clostridia)

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

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