genus serratia

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   a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod

   SynonymsSerratia

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofEnterobacteriaceae

Questions about genus serratia

What does genus serratia mean?

genus serratia means "a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod".

What is another word for genus serratia?

Close synonyms include Serratia. 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 genus serratia a common word?

genus serratia 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.