Definition of corynebacterium in English:
corynebacterium
nounPlural corynebacteria ˌkɒrɪnɪbakˈtɪərɪəmkəˌrɪnɪbakˈtɪərɪəmkəˌrinə-
A bacterium which sometimes causes disease in humans and other animals, including diphtheria.
Genus Corynebacterium; Gram-positive non-motile club-shaped rods
Example sentencesExamples
- It is prepared by a fermentation process with strains of corynebacteria.
- Other organisms cultured in these various studies have included a few of highly questionable pathogenicity, such as corynebacteria.
- Overgrowth of normal skin flora, including corynebacterium, occur frequently.
- The process of the present invention comprises the steps of subjecting delipidated bacterial residues of corynebacteria cells to a mild extraction and isolating the thus-obtained watersoluble extract.
- Stringent identification of clinical isolates will be required to define the role of the nondiphtheriae corynebacteria in human disease.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek korunē 'club' + bacterium.