BRUCELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brucella mean? 

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

1. an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUCELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

coccobacillus (a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Brucella suis.

(Brucella suis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A gram negative bacterial infection caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella.

(Brucellosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Brucella melitensis.

(Brucella melitensis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Brucella canis.

(Brucella canis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Brucella genus level.

(Brucella, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Brucella abortus.

(Brucella abortus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minnesota5 (swine strain), DXL (poultry strain), RB51 (vaccine strain of Brucella abortus)

(Animal Organism Strain, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)