genus Listeria

genus Listeria
noun
a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods
Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Corynebacteriaceae, ↑family Corynebacteriaceae
Member Meronyms: ↑listeria

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