genus Calymmatobacterium ge·nus·ca·lymmatobacterium uncommon noun 1. a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale SynonymsCalymmatobacteriumgenus Calymmatobacterium Related words Broader terms bacteria Part of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.