legionella








noun

  1. a genus of rod- or coccus-shaped aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, certain species of which, as L. pneumophila, produce legionnaires’ disease.

noun plural -lae (-ˌliː)

  1. any Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Legionella, including L. pneumophila, which causes legionnaire’s disease

n.

  1. A genus of gram-negative bacilli that includes the species that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
48 queries 0.385