enteric bacteria

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsenterobacteriaentericsentric

   Broadereubacteria

   Narrowerescherichiaklebsiellasalmonellashigellaerwinia

   Part ofEnterobacteriaceae

Questions about enteric bacteria

What does enteric bacteria mean?

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

What is another word for enteric bacteria?

Close synonyms include enterobacteria, enterics, entric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is enteric bacteria a common word?

enteric bacteria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.