Listeria

See also: listeria and listéria

Translingual

Etymology

Named after British surgeon Joseph Lister (1827–1912) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Listeria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Listeriaceae – the listeria bacteria, some species of which cause listeriosis.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum; Bacilli - class; Lactobacillales - order; Listeriaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Listeria monocytogenes - type species; Listeria aquatica, Listeria booriae, Listeria costaricensis, Listeria cornellensis, Listeria fleischmannii, Listeria floridensis, Listeria goaensis, Listeria grandensis, Listeria grayii, Listeria innocua, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria marthii, Listeria newyorkensis, Listeria riparia, Listeria rocourtiae, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria thailandensis, Listeria valentina, Listeria weihenstephanensis, Listeria welshimeri - other species

References

Listeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Listeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Listeria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Listeria at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Listeria in the Genome Taxonomy Database

German

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin.

Noun

Listeria f (genitive Listeria, plural Listerien or Listeriae)

(medicine) listeria

Declension

Declension of Listeria [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Listeria	die	Listerien, Listeriae
genitive	einer	der	Listeria	der	Listerien, Listeriae
dative	einer	der	Listeria	den	Listerien, Listeriaen
accusative	eine	die	Listeria	die	Listerien, Listeriae

Further reading

“Listeria” in Duden online
“Listeria” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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