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A large family of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
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enterobacteriaceae
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enterobacteriaceae \En`ter*o*bac`te*ri*a"ce*ae\ ([e^]n`t[~e]r*[-o]*b[a^]k`t[=e]r*[=e]*[=a]"s[=e]*[=e]), prop. n. (Microbiol.) a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and ...
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The Enterobacteriaceae are a large family of Gram-negative bacteria that includes, along with many harmless symbionts , many of the more familiar pathogens , such as Salmonella , Escherichia coli , Yersinia pestis , Klebsiella and Shigella . Other disease-causing ...