listeria : Idioms & Phrases


genus listeria

  • noun a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods
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listeria meningitis

  • noun an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms
    listeriosis.
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listeria monocytogenes

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