Salmonella

sal·mo·nel·la   (sāl'mə-něl'ə)    n.   pl. sal·mo·nel·lae (-něl'ē) or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals. [New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American pathologist.]

salmonella [(sal-muh-nel-uh)]

A category of bacteria that occurs in many pathogenic forms. One kind causes typhoid fever; there is evidence that other kinds cause various forms of food poisoning.

salmonella 

Main Entry: sal·mo·nel·la
Pronunciation: "sal-m&-'nel-&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus of aerobicgram-negative rod-shaped nonspore-forming usually motile bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that grow well on artificial media and form acid and gas on many carbohydrates but not on lactose,sucrose, or salicin, that are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals, and that cause food poisoning, acute gastrointestinal inflammation, typhoid fever, and septicemia
2 plural sal·mo·nel·lae /-'nel-E/ or sal·mo·nellas or sal·mo·nella : any bacterium ofthe genus Salmonella
Salmáon /'sam-&n,/ Daniel Elmer (1850–1914), American veterinarian. For the greater part of his career Salmon was associatedwith the U.S. Department of Agriculture, having joined the department to investigate diseases of domestic animals, especially Texas fever. He later founded and became chief of the Bureau of AnimalIndustry. In 1900 the genus Salmonella of bacteria was named after him.

salmonella sal·mo·nel·la (sāl'mə-něl'ə)
n. pl. sal·mo·nel·lae (-něl'ē) or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella
Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.

salmonella   (sāl'mə-něl'ə)  Pronunciation Key  Plural salmonellae (sāl'mə-něl'ē) or salmonellas Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella that cause food poisoning and typhoid fever in humans and other mammals.