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Definition of Listeria monocytogenes
1. Noun. The type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis.
Medical Definition of Listeria monocytogenes
1. Rod shaped gram-positive bacterium. It is wide spread and can grow over an unusually wide range of temperatures 0-45C). It is normally saprophytic but is an opportunistic parasite, in that it can survive within cells (particularly leucocytes) and can be transmitted trans placentally. It has caused a number of serious outbreaks of food poisoning with a high mortality rate in recent years. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Listeria Monocytogenes
Literary usage of Listeria monocytogenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Livestock to 2020: The Next Food Revolution by Christopher L. Delgado (1999)
"Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) has been recognized as a risk only recently. ...
Listeria monocytogenes infections can cause miscarriage in women and septicemia ..."
2. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"12.1 Salmonella incidence rate Salmonella enteritidis, Campylobacter jejuni,
Escherichia coli 0157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes are four of the most ..."
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