genus listeria

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   a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofCorynebacteriaceae

Questions about genus listeria

What does genus listeria mean?

genus listeria means "a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods".

Is genus listeria a common word?

genus listeria 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.