Enterics

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

  enterics \enterics\ n.
     rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of the family
     {Enterobacteriaceae}; most occur normally or pathogenically
     in intestines of humans and other animals; those of the genus
     {Erwinia} are found in plants.
  


     Syn: enteric bacteria, enterobacteria.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enterics
       n : rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or
           pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
           [syn: {enteric bacteria}, {enterobacteria}]