| 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌 | ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection) | 
| 肉 | ròu | meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 | 
| 毒 | dú | poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics | 
| 梭 | suō | (textiles) shuttle | 
| 状 | zhuàng | (bound form) form; appearance; shape / (bound form) state; condition / (bound form) to describe / (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit / (bound form) certificate | 
| 芽 | yá | bud / sprout | 
| 芽孢 | yá bāo | endospore | 
| 孢 | bāo | spore | 
| 杆 | gān | pole / CL:条,根 | 
| 杆 | gǎn | stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns | 
| 杆菌 | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) | 
| 菌 | jūn | germ / bacteria / fungus / mold / Taiwan pr. [jun4] | 
| 菌 | jùn | mushroom |