LISTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does listeria mean? 

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

1. any species of the genus Listeria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LISTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any species of the genus Listeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("listeria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "listeria"):

L. monocytogenes; Listeria monocytogenes (the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis)

Holonyms ("listeria" is a member of...):

genus Listeria (a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods)

 Context examples 

Listeria is unlike many other germs because it can grow even in the cold temperature of the refrigerator.

(Listeria Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Listeria, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Yersinia are examples of bacteria that enter using the zipper model.

(Bacterial Invasion of Epithelial Cell Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The treated material is also ideal for food packaging, where it could stop the accidental transfer of bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella and listeria from raw chicken, meat and other foods.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)