erysipelothrix

[ er-uh-sip-uh-loh-thriks, eer-uh- ]

nounBacteriology.
  1. any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Erysipelothrix, often forming long filaments and occurring as parasites on mammals, birds, and fish.

Origin of erysipelothrix

1
<New Latin, irregular <Greek erysipel(as) erysipelas, + -o--o- +thríx a hair

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