Bacterium
clostridium tertium
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium tertium:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is aerotolerant, non-exotoxin producing, ferments glucose, lactose, maltose and sucrose, reduces nitrate and is nonproteolytic. C. tertium has traditionally been considered nonpathogenic but has since been designated an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised and wound patients, causing necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangrene.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae, causing BACTEREMIA in humans and ANIMALS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium tertium.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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