LISTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any species of the genus Listeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("listeria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "listeria"):

L. monocytogenes; Listeria monocytogenes (the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis)

Holonyms ("listeria" is a member of...):

genus Listeria (a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods)

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