enterics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *enterics*:
NOUN	animal	enterics, enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, entric	rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria

English > *enterics*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals.
Synonyms	enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, 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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