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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

corynebacterium

· co·ry·ne·bac·ter·i·um · IPA
01 n. Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are p…
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    Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.(MIcrobiol.)