- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.