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enterobacteria

enterobacteria is the plural of enterobacterium.

Meaning of enterobacterium

Noun

enterobacterium (plural enterobacteria)

  1. Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.

Words that rhyme with enterobacteria

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Questions about enterobacteria

What is enterobacteria the plural of?
Enterobacteria is the plural of enterobacterium.

Words near enterobacteria in the dictionary

  1. enteroagregative
  2. enteroanastomoses
  3. enteroanastomosis
  4. enteroanastomotic
  5. enterobacter
  6. enterobacteria
  7. enterobacteriaceous
  8. enterobacterial
  9. enterobacteriologist
  10. enterobacteriologists
  11. enterobacteriophage

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