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LEGIONELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease
Synonyms:
legionella; Legionella pneumophilia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("legionella" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
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