Clostridium
"Clostridium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of motile or nonmotile gram-positive bacteria of the family Clostridiaceae. Many species have been identified with some being pathogenic. They occur in water, soil, and in the intestinal tract of humans and lower animals.
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D003013
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200 B03.353.625.500 B03.510.415.400.200
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