salmonella

Noun

Meaning

rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bacillus mycobacterium shigella bacteria bacterial bacterium amoeba enteritis pseudomonas corynebacterium food poisoning amebic salmonellosis shigellosis bacterially
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Hypernyms

enterics entric enteric bacteria enterobacteria

Hyponyms

Salmonella typhi Salmonella typhosa Gartner's bacillus Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhimurium typhoid bacillus

Examples

Life with a Jolly Parent is a bit like life in a holiday camp. The beds are too small and there's an outbreak of Salmonella every five minutes. Peter Corey

About 2,000 serotypes of nontyphoidal Salmonella are known, which may be responsible for as many as 1.4 million illnesses in the United States each year. Source: Internet

Additionally, a particular study specifically compared the overall fitness of antibiotic resistant strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium to their drug-sensitive revertants. Source: Internet

Additionally, USDA found that plants met certain regulations at a higher rate, the rates of non-food safety defects dropped and salmonella testing rates stayed stable or decreased. Source: Internet

A decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells ( leukopenia ) occurs with eosinopenia and relative lymphocytosis ; blood cultures are positive for Salmonella typhi or S. paratyphi. Source: Internet

And if methylcellulose, a food thickener, sounds unappetizing, it’s reallly nothing compared with the E. coli or salmonella poisoning you can get from regular meat. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

salmonburger Salmonby Salmond Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhi Salmonella typhimurium