Found 2 items, similar to Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Corynebacterium diphtheriae Corynebacterium diphtheriae n : a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn: C. diphtheriae , Klebs-Loeffler bacillus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Corynebacterium diphtheriae corynebacterium \co`ry*ne`bac*ter"i*um\, n. (MIcrobiol.) 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. [PJC]