listeria

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See also: Listeria and listéria

English

A listeria monocytogenes bacterium, magnified 41,250 times

Etymology

From the genus name Listeria.

Pronunciation

Noun

listeria (plural listeria)

  1. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.
    Synonym: listerella
    • 2018 January 15, Kaarin Goodburn, “How chilled is your fridge?”, in Food Standards Agency:
      One of the main reasons fridge temperatures are recommend to be set at 5ºC is because of listeria. Listeria is a food poisoning bacterium that is psychrotrophic – in other words it likes cold temperatures. From the growth models, we know that listeria grows nearly twice as fast at 8°C as it does at 5°C, hence the recommended 5ºC, which helps keep us safe from listeria.

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Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Listeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlisteriɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): lis‧te‧ria

Noun

listeria

  1. listeria

Declension

Inflection of listeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative listeria listeriat
genitive listerian listerioiden
listerioitten
partitive listeriaa listerioita
illative listeriaan listerioihin
singular plural
nominative listeria listeriat
accusative nom. listeria listeriat
gen. listerian
genitive listerian listerioiden
listerioitten
listeriain rare
partitive listeriaa listerioita
inessive listeriassa listerioissa
elative listeriasta listerioista
illative listeriaan listerioihin
adessive listerialla listerioilla
ablative listerialta listerioilta
allative listerialle listerioille
essive listeriana listerioina
translative listeriaksi listerioiksi
abessive listeriatta listerioitta
instructive listerioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of listeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative listeriani listeriani
accusative nom. listeriani listeriani
gen. listeriani
genitive listeriani listerioideni
listerioitteni
listeriaini rare
partitive listeriaani listerioitani
inessive listeriassani listerioissani
elative listeriastani listerioistani
illative listeriaani listerioihini
adessive listeriallani listerioillani
ablative listerialtani listerioiltani
allative listerialleni listerioilleni
essive listerianani listerioinani
translative listeriakseni listerioikseni
abessive listeriattani listerioittani
instructive
comitative listerioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative listeriasi listeriasi
accusative nom. listeriasi listeriasi
gen. listeriasi
genitive listeriasi listerioidesi
listerioittesi
listeriaisi rare
partitive listeriaasi listerioitasi
inessive listeriassasi listerioissasi
elative listeriastasi listerioistasi
illative listeriaasi listerioihisi
adessive listeriallasi listerioillasi
ablative listerialtasi listerioiltasi
allative listeriallesi listerioillesi
essive listerianasi listerioinasi
translative listeriaksesi listerioiksesi
abessive listeriattasi listerioittasi
instructive
comitative listerioinesi

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compounds

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