Genus Clostridium

• clostridium

  Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore.

• botulinus

  Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.

• clostridium perfringens

  Anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be...

Also contains

• enteric bacteria

  Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines...

• spirochete

  Parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.

• bacillus

  Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations;...

• chlamydia

  Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and...

• mycobacteria

  Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases.

• cyanobacteria

  Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition...

• vibrio

  Curved rodlike motile bacterium.

• corynebacterium

  Any species of the genus Corynebacterium.

• listeria

  Any species of the genus Listeria.

• flagellum

  A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and...

• mycoplasma

  Any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without...

• actinomycete

  Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the...

• coccus

  Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.

• coccobacillus

  A bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very...

• lactobacillus

  A Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in mil...

• phototrophic bacteria

  Green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon...

• pseudomonad

  Bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic...

• thiobacillus

  Small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur.

• spirillum

  Spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water.

• endospore-forming bacteria

  A group of true bacteria.

• rickettsia

  Any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks...

• actinomyces

  Soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites.

• spirillum

  Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.

• myxobacteria

  Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying...

• streptococcus

  Spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet...

• xanthomonad

  Bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants.

• nitric bacteria

  Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates.

• nitrosobacteria

  Soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites.