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salmonellae

  • plural
    of salmonella.
    salmonella
    noun
    any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract of humans and other mammals in contaminated food and cause abdominal pains and violent diarrhea.

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We now see that other salmonellae can produce the same long-term problems.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2012