GENUS SALMONELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Salmonella mean? 

• GENUS SALMONELLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SALMONELLA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of bacteria

  Familiarity information: GENUS SALMONELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SALMONELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Salmonella" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Salmonella"):

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

Holonyms ("genus Salmonella" is a member of...):

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