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Definition of Genus corynebacterium
1. Noun. The type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature; the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals.
Group relationships: Corynebacteriaceae, Family Corynebacteriaceae
Member holonyms: Corynebacterium, C. Diphtheriae, Corynebacterium Diphtheriae, Klebs-loeffler Bacillus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Corynebacterium
Literary usage of Genus corynebacterium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... belonging to the genus Corynebacterium and ... human pathogen of this genus,
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"We are more inclined to place it in the genus Corynebacterium as defined in the
Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Society of American ..."
3. Atlas and Principles of Bacteriology by Karl Bernhard Lehmann, Rudolf Otto Neumann, George H. Weaver (1901)
"Key to the Recognition of the Most Important Varieties of the genus corynebacterium.
1. Plate cultures upon gelatin: Colonies like those of Bact. coli or ..."
4. A Treatise on the acute, infectious exanthemata by William Thomas Corlett (1901)
"... and more specifically to the genus corynebacterium of Lehman and Neumann."
The etiological significance of this bacillus remains an open question. ..."
5. The Generic Names of Bacteria by Ella Morgan (Austin) Enlows (1920)
"Centralbl. f. Bakt., Abt. 2, v. 22, 1908-9, p. 329. Renames the genus Corynebacterium
Lehmann and Neumann. ..."
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