listeria

Noun

listeria (plural listeria)

1. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.
   • One of the main reasons fridge temperatures are recommend to be set at 5ºC is because of listeria. Listeria is a food poisoning bacterium that is psychrotrophic – in other words it likes cold temperatures. From the growth models, we know that listeria grows nearly twice as fast at 8°C as it does at...2018 January 15, Kaarin Goodburn, “How chilled is your fridge?”, in Food Standards Agency
   • Listeriosis is a foodborne disease caused by listeria bacteria.2025 January 25, Hanna Ziady, “‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’”, in CNN

   Synonyms:

   listerella