A genus of bacteria causing granuloma inguinale and other granulomatous lesions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(kә-lim″ә-to-bak-tēr´e-әm) a genus of bacteria made up of gram-negative rods. C. granulo´matis causes granuloma inguinale.
Type: Term Pronunciation: kă-lim′mă-tō-bak-tēr′ē-ŭm Definitions: 1. 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 on...
[n] - a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
genus Calymmatobacterium noun a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale