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Listeria

Listeria

See also: listeria and listéria

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Listeria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Listeriaceae – the listeria bacteria.

listeria

listeria

See also: Listeria and listéria

English

Wikispecies

Noun

listeria ‎(plural listerias)

  1. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for listeriosis

Etymology

Lister (surname) + -ia. After Joseph Lister.

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