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Enterococcus

Enterococcus

See also: enterococcus

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Proper noun

Enterococcus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – the enterococcus bacteria.

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enterococcus

enterococcus

See also: Enterococcus

English

Noun

enterococcus (plural enterococci)

Wikispecies

  1. (bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics

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