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pas·teu·rel·la

n 1  cap  :  a genus of gram-negative facultatively anaerobic nonmotile rod bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae that stain differentially at the poles of the cell and include several important pathogens esp. of domestic animals - see HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA YERSINIA   2  pl  -las  or  -lae   :  any bacterium of the genus Pasteurella .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  post·oral  pos·tur·al 

 
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