Bacterium
clostridium spiroforme
Definitions related to clostridium spiroforme:
  • A species of helically coiled, obligately anaerobic, non-motile, gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. Unlike most clostridia, C. spiroforme does not produce butyric acid as an end product of glucose fermentation. The species produces a toxin that is associated with severe diarrhea and enterocolitis in rabbits.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium spiroforme.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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