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enterobacteria
[ en-tuh-roh-bak-teer-ee-uh ]
plural noun
singular enterobacterium
- rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, as those of the genera Escherichia, Salmonella, and Shigella, occurring normally or pathogenically in the intestines of humans and other animals, and the genus Erwinia, occurring in plants.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- t···ٱ۾· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of enterobacteria1
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The scientists analyzed samples from each for the presence of enterobacteria, a family of bacteria that includes such harmful pathogens as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Shigella, as well as numerous harmless strains.
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But part of the digestive power likely derives from tannin-protein-complex-degrading enterobacteria—microbes that can break down tannins.
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An excretion similar to feces, pap is rich in microbes from the mother's digestive tract, including a particularly high number of the live tannin-protein-complex-degrading enterobacteria.
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