Clostridium difficile

Translingual

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Proper noun

Clostridium difficile n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – a particular bacterium which can be fatal to humans, associated with hospital-acquired infections, now Clostridioides difficile.

Synonyms

• C. diff
• C. difficile

Hypernyms

• (species): Clostridiales - order; Clostridiaceae - family; Clostridium - genus

Derived terms

• C. diff
• C. difficile

See also

• CDI

References

• Clostridium difficile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clostridium difficile on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clostridium difficile on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clostridium-difficile at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia