Erysipelothrix

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

  Erysipelothrix \Er`y*sip"e*lo*thrix\
     ([e^]r`[i^]*s[i^]p"[-e]*las), n. [see {erysipelas}.]
     (Microbiol.)
     a genus of non-motile, rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of
     the family {Corynebacteriaceae}. They are facultatively
     anaerobic and produce acid but no gas from glucose. Members


     of this genus are parasitic on fish, birds, and mammals,
     including man. The type species of the genus, {Erysipelothrix
     rhusiopathiae}, causes erysipeloid in man. --Stedman
     [PJC]