salmonellanoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsæl.məˈnel.ə/us/ˌsæl.məˈnel.ə/a type of bacteria that exists in several forms, some of which live in food and make the people who eat it ill:
salmonella poisoning
the illness caused by this bacteria:
an outbreak of salmonella
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Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
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- antimicrobial
- bacteriology
- bacteriophage
- C. difficile
- E. coli
- fungal
- fungoid
- fungus
- HIV-positive
- listeria
- microbe
- microorganism
- mould
- organism
- probiotic
- shitake mushroom
- taenia
- West Nile virus
- yeast
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