SERRATIA MARCESCENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serratia marcescens mean? 

• SERRATIA MARCESCENS (noun)
  The noun SERRATIA MARCESCENS has 1 sense:

1. the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: SERRATIA MARCESCENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRATIA MARCESCENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Serratia marcescens" is a kind of...):

bacteria species (a species of bacteria)

Holonyms ("Serratia marcescens" is a member of...):

genus Serratia; Serratia (a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod)

 Context examples 

A membrane vesicle/ribosome preparation derived from the bacterium Serratia marcescens with immunomodulatory activity.

(ImuVert, NCI Thesaurus)

Mixed bacteria vaccine (MBV or Coley's toxins) consists of a pyrogenic bacterial lysate derived from Serratia marcescens and Streptococcus pyogenes; the active components in the lysate may be lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall of Serratia, and streptokinase, an enzyme produced by Streptococcus pyogenes.

(Mixed Bacteria Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)