en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·um ( n t -r -b k-tîr  -m)n. pl. en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr -) Any of various gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that includes some pathogens of plants and animals, such as the colon bacillus and salmonella. |
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| Noun | 1. | enterobacteria - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella Enterobacteriaceae, family Enterobacteriaceae - a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales escherichia - a genus of enteric bacteria klebsiella - a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections salmonella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon shigella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon erwinia - rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants |
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