salmonella typhimurium

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   a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans

   Broadersalmonella

Questions about salmonella typhimurium

What does salmonella typhimurium mean?

salmonella typhimurium means "a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans".

Is salmonella typhimurium a common word?

salmonella typhimurium 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.