GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calymmatobacterium mean? • GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Familiarity information: GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium
Hypernyms ("genus Calymmatobacterium" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Calymmatobacterium"):
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale)
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