Enterobacterium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.

Synonyms

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enterobacterenterobacter

Etymology

From entero- + bacterium.

Related phrases

gram negativerod shaped

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