Calymmatobacterium
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Related to Calymmatobacterium: lymphogranuloma venereum, Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, Donovan body
Calymmatobacterium
[kah-lim″mah-to-bak-tēr´e-um]a genus of bacteria made up of gram-negative rods. C. granulo´matis causes granuloma inguinale.
Calymmatobacterium
(kă-lim'mă-tō-bak-tēr'ē-ŭm),A genus of nonmotile bacteria (of uncertain taxonomic classification) containing gram-negative, pleomorphic rods with single or bipolar condensations of chromatin; cells occur singly and in clusters. Outside the human body, growth occurs only in the yolk sac or amniotic fluid of a developing chick embryo or in a medium containing embryonic yolk; the organisms are pathogenic only for humans. The type species is Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
[G. kalymma, hood, veil, + baktērion, rod]
Ca·lym·ma·to·bac·te·ri·um
(kă-lim'mă-tō-bak-tēr'ē-ŭm)Reclassified as Klebsiella granulomatus (q.v.).
[G. kalymma, hood, veil, + baktērion, rod]