coryneformadj.n.
/kɒˈrɪnɪfɔːm/ Bacteriology.
A. adj.
Resembling or being a corynebacterium; belonging to a group of non-sporing Gram-positive rods that includes the genus Corynebacterium and other genera.
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vibrionic1850
vibrioid1864
micrococcal1881
gonococcal1888
pneumococcic1891
spirillar1891
pneumococcal1895
pneumococcous1897
streptococcal1897
streptococcic1897
paratyphoid1898
schizomycetic1898
amphitrichous1900
lophotrichous1900
staphylococcal1900
streptococcous1902
streptothricial1903
staphylococcic1904
rhizobial1906
meningococcal1907
meningococcic1907
clostridial1909
botulinum1910
coccoid1912
treponemal1913
Salmonella1916
leptospiral1924
neisserian1925
rickettsial1925
coccal1928
amphitrichate1929
botulinal1939
eubacterial1946
myxococcal1946
coryneform1952
neisserial1955
myxobacterial1957
listerial1961
listeric1961
cyanobacterial1974
1952 H. L. Jensen in Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 6 77 Bacteria..which originally constituted the genus Corynebacterium, and which we now may cautiously call the group of coryneform bacteria.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 496/1 A large number of coryneform bacteria are widely distributed in soil.
1976 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 30 583 Mice..injected with anaerobic coryneform organisms have a greatly increased ability to clear injected carbon particles from the blood.
1977 J. G. Holt Shorter Bergey's Man. Determinative Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xvii. 224 The coryneform bacteria present a number of unresolved problems in taxonomy and classification.
1985 Jrnl. Appl. Bacteriol. 58 507 (heading) Analysis of cellular fatty acids by gas chromatography as a tool in the identification of medically important coryneform bacteria.
B. n.
A coryneform organism.
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vibrio1850
micrococcus1870
microzyme1870
Spirillum1875
mycothrix1876
leptothrix1877
Spirochaete1877
streptococcus1877
Actinomyces1879
frogspawn1880
schizophyte1880
schizomycetes1881
gonococcus1882
saprophile1882
vibrion1882
coccus1883
diplococcus1883
streptobacteria1883
Clostridium1884
actinomycetes1885
pneumococcus1885
macrococcus1887
staphylococcus1887
iron bacterium1888
Proteus1888
ferrobacterium1890
meningococcus1890
rhizobium1890
sulphobacteria1890
nitrobacterium1891
Streptothrix1891
sulphur bacterium1891
myxobacter1892
Myxococcus1892
tetracoccus1893
coli1894
Pasteurella1895
pyrotoxin1895
Gaertner1897
purple bacterium1897
myxobacterium1898
pseudomonas1899
thiobacteria1900
treponema1908
corynebacterium1909
mycobacterium1909
Salmonella1913
Neisseria1915
botulinum1916
rickettsia1916
leptospira1918
acetobacter1920
Brucella1920
pseudomonad1921
strep1927
enterobacterium1929
opportunist1937
eubacterium1939
agrobacterium1942
persister1944
Moraxella1948
enteric1956
streptomycete1956
leptospire1957
transformant1957
lysogen1958
listeria1961
C. difficile1962
yersinia1967
Campylobacter1971
cyanobacterium1973
coryneform1976
eubacterium1977
legionella1979
acetogen1982
C. diff.1990
acidophilous1996
1976 Japanese Jrnl. Microbiol. 20 263/2 Two species of anaerobic coryneforms.
1983 Antimicrobial Agents Chemother. XXIV. 892 Erythromycin-resistant..coryneforms from cutaneous lesions and erythromycin-susceptible..coryneforms from normal skin sites were screened for plasmids.
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