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LISTERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any species of the genus Listeria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("listeria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "listeria"):
L. monocytogenes; Listeria monocytogenes (the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis)
Holonyms ("listeria" is a member of...):
genus Listeria (a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods)
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