listeria

From the genus name Listeria.

• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

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^[1]:

     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.

   • 2025 January 25, Hanna Ziady, “‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Listeriosis is a foodborne disease caused by listeria bacteria.

• listeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• listeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Altieris, airliest, lairiest

From taxonomic name Listeria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisteriɑ/, [ˈlis̠te̞ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lis‧te‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): lis‧te‧ria

listeria

1. listeria

• “listeria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023