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corynebacterium
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corynebacterium, n.
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]
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