| NOUN | animal | enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entric | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria |
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| Meaning | rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals. | |
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| Synonyms | enterobacteria, enterics, entric | |
| Member of | Enterobacteriaceae, family Enterobacteriaceae | A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales |
| Narrower | erwinia | rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants |
| escherichia | A genus of enteric bacteria | |
| klebsiella | A genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria | |
| salmonella | rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria | |
| shigella | rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | enterobacteria | |
| Catalan | entric | |
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