pasteurella

[ pas-tuh-rel-uh ]

noun,plural pas·teu·rel·lae [pas-tuh-rel-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.

Origin of pasteurella

1
<New Latin (1887), after L. Pasteur; see -ella

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