listeria : Idioms & Phrases
genus listeria
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noun a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods
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listeria meningitis
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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
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noun the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis
L. monocytogenes.