clostridial

clos·trid·i·um   (klŏ-strĭd'ē-əm)    n.   pl. clos·trid·i·a (-ē-ə) Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus. [New Latin Clōstridium, genus name, from Greek klōstēr, klōstr-, spindle, from klōthein, to spin.] clos·trid'i·al (-əl) adj.

Main Entry: clos·trid·i·um
Pronunciation: kläs-'trid-E-&m
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus ofsaprophytic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria of the family Bacillaceae that are anaerobic or require very little free oxygen and are nearly cosmopolitan in soil, water,sewage, and animal and human intestines, that are very active biochemically comprising numerous fermenters of carbohydrates with vigorous production of acid and gas, many nitrogen-fixers, and otherswhich rapidly putrefy proteins, and that include important pathogens —see BLACKLEG, BOTULISM, GAS GANGRENE, TETANUS BACILLUS
2 plural clos·trid·ia /-E-&/ a : any bacterium of the genus Clostridium b : a spindle-shaped or ovoid bacterial cell; especially : one swollen at the center by an endospore —clos·trid·i·al /-E-&l/ adjective

clostridial clos·trid·i·al (klŏ-strĭd'ē-əl)
adj.
Relating to a bacterium of the genus Clostridium.