clostridium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Translingual Clostridium. === Noun === clostridium (plural clostridia or (nonstandard) clostridiums) (bacteriology) Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====