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Noun: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  1. A species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
    - C. diphtheriae, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus

Type of: corynebacterium

Part of: genus Corynebacterium

Encyclopedia: Corynebacterium diphtheriae