| 释义 |
lis·te·ria
\liˈstirēə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Joseph Lister + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of small gram-positive flagellated bacterial rods (family Corynebacteriaceae) of which the chief and type species (L. monocytogenes) causes infectious mononucleosis in man and a wide variety of infections in mammals
2. -s : any bacterium of the genus Listeria — called also listerella |