SERRATIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serratia mean? 

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

1. a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRATIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Serratia; Serratia

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

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Serratia"):

Serratia marcescens (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)

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

Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)

 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)