Definition of Enterobacteria

1. Noun. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals.


Definition of Enterobacteria

1. Noun. (microbiology) (plural of enterobacterium) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enterobacteria

1. enterobacterium [n] - See also: enterobacterium

Medical Definition of Enterobacteria

1. Plural of enterobacterium. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enterobacteria

enterlaced
enterlaces
enterlacing
entermete
entermeted
entermetes
entermeting
entermewer
entermewers
entermise
entero-
enteroanastomosis
enteroanthelone
enteroapocleisis
enterobacter cloacae
enterobacteria (current term)
enterobacteriaceae infections
enterobacterial
enterobacteriologist
enterobacterium
enterobactin
enterobactin synthetase
enterobiases
enterobiasis
enterobiasis enterobius vermicularis
enterobius
enterobrosis
enterocele
enteroceles
enterocentesis

Literary usage of Enterobacteria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Potential Groundwater Contamination from Intentional and Nonintentional by Robert Pitt, Shirley Clark, Keith Parmer (1994)
"Pathogenic enterobacteria are unable to multiply under these conditions, but they can survive for a relatively long time. About a hundred days after ..."

2. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... Corexit alone reduced the lactose-fermenting enterobacteria Conversely, the oil plus dispersant treatment increased the lactose fermenting group with no ..."

3. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"... by drug-resistant enterobacteria. Other diseases. Rabies in animals (usually dogs and bats) is widespread throughout the area. ..."

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