ENTERIC BACTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enteric bacteria mean? 

• ENTERIC BACTERIA (noun)
  The noun ENTERIC BACTERIA has 1 sense:

1. rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals

  Familiarity information: ENTERIC BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTERIC BACTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric

Hypernyms ("enteric bacteria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enteric bacteria"):

escherichia (a genus of enteric bacteria)

klebsiella (a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections)

salmonella (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon)

shigella (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon)

erwinia (rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants)

Holonyms ("enteric bacteria" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

A double-stranded DNA virus that infects E. coli and other enteric bacteria.

(Bacteriophage P1, NCI Thesaurus)