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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Microbiol.) a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals, and some of which grow in plants. The type genus is Escherichia. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, and may be motile or non-motile. Most are easily cultured on artificial growth media. Both pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains exist.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Enterobacteriales — manygram-negative rod-shaped bacteria including manypathogens .
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- noun a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
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Examples
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Effect of colon flora and short chain fatty acids on in vitro growth of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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All Enterobacteriaceae which include, for example, E. coli and Samonella have a similar type of engine.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Enterobacteriaceae is associated with gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhea, and vomiting.
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In just three years, says Professor Tim Walsh of Cardiff University who discovered the gene, it has grown in prevalence from being rarely observed at all to existing in between 1% and 3% in patients with Enterobacteriaceae infections in India.
Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria 2010
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Similarly, in Israel, where there has been a nationwide outbreak of a strain of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae since 2006, a coordinated effort at every level of public health has succeeded in containing the spread of the bacteria.
Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009
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During this same period, more than 100 people are estimated to have succumbed to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the New York City area alone, and more have undoubtedly died outside of New York.
Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009
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The bacteria involved are from the family of microbes that live in the human gut, called Enterobacteriaceae.
Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009
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But I'm not an Enterobacteriaceae like my friends before me.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Emma Lurie 2006
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I'm a Gram negative bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family.
Serratia marcescens Emma Lurie 2006
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I'm a Gram negative bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family.
Archive 2006-06-01 Emma Lurie 2006
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