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listeria
noun(lis-te-ria)
any of a genus (Listeria) of small, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria that do not form spores and have a tendency to grow in chains and that include one (Listeria monocytogenes) that causes listeriosis; also : a disease or sickness caused by infection with this bacterium : listeriosis

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