listeria
/lɪˈstɪərɪə/noun
mass noun
1- a type of bacterium which infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food利斯特氏杆菌属。
1.1
- Listeria monocytogenes; motile aerobic Gram-negative rods.拉丁名Listeria monocytogenes,需氧革兰氏阴性杆菌。
1.2
- informal food poisoning or other disease caused by infection with listeria; listeriosis〈非正式〉利斯特氏杆菌感染的食物, 李氏杆菌病。
词源
1940s: modern Latin, named after Joseph Lister （1827-1912）, English surgeon.