listeria

English Thesaurus

1. any species of the genus Listeria (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	l. monocytogenes, listeria monocytogenes,
definition	:	the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus listeria,
definition	:	a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods (noun.animal)