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enterobacteria
Variant of enterobacterium
noun pl. enterobacteria
any of a family (Enterobacteriaceae) of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that includes normally occurring and pathogenic intestinal bacteria, as E. coli and salmonella
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