pasteurella









pasteurella


noun, plural pas·teu·rel·lae [pas-tuhrel-ee] /ˌpæs təˈrɛl i/, pas·teu·rel·las. Bacteriology.

  1. any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.

n.

  1. A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria of the family Pastuerellaceae containing small gram-negative rods; they are parasites of humans and other animals.
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