GENUS LISTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Listeria mean? 

• GENUS LISTERIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LISTERIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods

  Familiarity information: GENUS LISTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LISTERIA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Listeria" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Listeria"):

listeria (any species of the genus Listeria)

Holonyms ("genus Listeria" is a member of...):

Corynebacteriaceae; family Corynebacteriaceae (a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)