Listeria monocytogenes /lister″ē·ə mon′ōsītoj″inēz/ [Joseph Lister; Gk, mono, single, kytos, cell, genein, to produce] , a common species of gram-positive motile bacteria that cause listeriosis and a noninvasive food-borne diarrheal disease.
Listeria monocytogenes /lister″ē·ə mon′ōsītoj″inēz/ [Joseph Lister; Gk, mono, single, kytos, cell, genein, to produce] , a common species of gram-positive motile bacteria that cause listeriosis and a noninvasive food-borne diarrheal disease.