pasteurella

American  

[pas-tuh-rel-uh] / ˌpæs təˈrɛl ə /

noun

Bacteriology.

pasteurellae, plural pasteurellas plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pasteurellas
  plural
• pasteurellae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pasteurella

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

Example Sentences

Bisgaard taxon 45 is related to another bacterium, called Pasteurella multocida, that can cause septicemia in cattle and was linked to the death of 200,000 endangered saiga antelope in Kazakhstan in 2015.

From National Geographic • Dec. 5, 2023

Pasteurella bacteria have previously been implicated in sudden deaths of wild animals such as antelope, but a role in elephant deaths was not suspected prior to this study.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

A bacterium called Pasteurella multocida, which had long lived in the animal without doing harm, suddenly turned virulent.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

Arons, M. S., Fernando, L. & Polayes, I. M. Pasteurella multocida--the major cause of hand infections following domestic animal bites.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

There’s even a bacterium named after Pasteur: Pasteurella multocida.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm