Enterobacteriaceae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enterobacteriaceae \En`ter*o*bac`te*ri*a"ce*ae\
     ([e^]n`t[~e]r*[-o]*b[a^]k`t[=e]r*[=e]*[=a]"s[=e]*[=e]), prop.
     n. (Microbiol.)
     a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most
     of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of
     humans and other animals, and some of which grow in plants.


     The type genus is {Escherichia}. They are aerobic and
     facultatively anaerobic, and may be motile or non-motile.
     Most are easily cultured on artificial growth media. Both
     pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains exist.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Enterobacteriaceae
       n : a large family of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the
           order Eubacteriales [syn: {family Enterobacteriaceae}]