Meaning

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

Origin

Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)

Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)

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Forms

plural: enterobacteria
Singularenterobacterium
Pluralenterobacteria

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
enterobacterium — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto