Word: Enterobacterium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s; earliest use found in Pennsylvania Medical Journal. From entero- + bacterium
Definition:
Originally: any of various bacilli that inhabit the intestines of animals. In later use: any bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae, the members of which are straight Gram-negative rods which are found in water, soil, decaying organic material, and plants as well as in the intestines of animals, and include important pathogens of both animals and plants.
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