Bacterium
clostridium histolyticum
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium histolyticum:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is indole negative, liquefies gelatin, does not reduce nitrate and does not produce acid from lactose or ribose. C. histolyticum is pathogenic when exposed to open wounds on the body but not upon ingestion.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive, strongly proteolytic bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. It contains several forms of COLLAGENASE whose action can lead to GAS GANGRENE in humans and HORSES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium histolyticum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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