Organisms

Listeria

A genus of bacteria which may be found in the feces of animals and man, on vegetation, and in silage. Its species are parasitic on cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals, including man.

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A genus of bacteria which may be found in the feces of animals and man, on vegetation, and in silage. Its species are parasitic on cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals, including man.

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

in feces, on plants, in silage

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76

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Previous Indexing

  • Bacteria (1966-1974)
  • Corynebacteriaceae (1975)

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  1. B03w.353w.500w.500w
  2. B03w.510w.100w.500w
  3. B03w.510w.460.400.410.485w

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QW 142.5.A8

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Listeria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008087. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008087
  2. Listeria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria
  3. Listeria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746209