Serratia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Serratia
< New Latin, named after Serafino Serrati, 19th-century Italian industrialist; -a 2
Example Sentences
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The liquid in the test kits was found to be contaminated "with organisms such as Enterococcus, Enterobacter, Klebsiella and Serratia species" that could cause illness for people with weakened immune systems, the FDA said.
From BBC • May 5, 2023
The scum, often called “pink mold,” is a type of bacteria, Serratia marcescens.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
The diagnosis was a rare pneumonia caused by bacteria believed by doctors there to be Serratia marcescens.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Serratia, Pseudomonas and Rhodococcus ate away at detritus—from visitors and decaying corpses—that had seeped into Michelangelo’s sarcophagi.
From Scientific American • Aug. 14, 2021
While Serratia marcesens was found in animals, the strains infecting the corals only matches samples taken from human waste.
From Time • Aug. 20, 2011
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