Corynebacterium

Introduction: Corynebacterium

Description of Corynebacterium

Corynebacterium: , pl. corynebacteria A vernacular term used to refer to any member of the genus Corynebacterium.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Corynebacterium: genus of asporogenous bacteria that is widely distributed in nature; appear as straight to slightly curved rods and are known to be human and animal parasites and pathogens.
Source: CRISP

Corynebacterium: A genus of asporogenous bacteria that is widely distributed in nature. Its organisms appear as straight to slightly curved rods and are known to be human and animal parasites and pathogens.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Corynebacterium:

More specific terms for Corynebacterium:

• Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Corynebacterium pyogenes
• Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
• Brevibacterium flavum
• Corynebacterium glutamicum

Source - MeSH 2007

• Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Corynebacterium

• Actinomycetales
• Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular

Source - MeSH 2007

• Actinomycetales
• coryneform bacteria

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Corynebacterium:

• aerobic bacteria
• oral bacteria

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Corynebacterium

The following list attempts to classify Corynebacterium into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
    • Actinobacteria
      • Actinomycetales
        • Corynebacterium

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
    • Gram-Positive Rods
      • Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods
        • Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular
          • Corynebacterium

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