listeria
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A listeria monocytogenes bacterium, magnified 41,250 times
Etymology
From the genus name Listeria.
Noun
listeria (plural listeria)
- Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.
- Synonym: listerella
- (Can we date this quote?), Kaarin Goodburn, “How chilled is your fridge?”, in Food Standards Agency:
- One of the main reasons fridge temperatures are recommend to be set at 5ºC is because of listeria. Listeria is a food poisoning bacterium that is psychrotrophic – in other words it likes cold temperatures. From the growth models, we know that listeria grows nearly twice as fast at 8°C as it does at 5°C, hence the recommended 5ºC, which helps keep us safe from listeria.
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listeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia listeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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