CALYMMATOBACTERIUM

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Meaning:

A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

Synonyms:

Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Calymmatobacterium" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Meronyms (members of "Calymmatobacterium"):

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale)

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