Micro-organisms associated with food poisoning

• Is it real? (anag) — kind of food poisoning

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A survey in Mid-Bedfordshire last month found 19 out of 46 sandwiches from petrol stations contained listeria . ▪ But those innocent-looking sarnies could be riddled with bacteria, such as listeria , Salmonella and Staphylococcus. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any species of the genus Listeria

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus ''Listeria'', especially those responsible for listeriosis

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Listeria is a genus of bacteria that up to 1992 contained 10 known species, each containing two subspecies. As of 2014, another five species were identified. Named after the British pioneer of sterile surgery Joseph Lister , the genus received its current ...