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Legionella pneumophila

Le·gio·nel·la pneu·mo·phi·la [ leejə nèllə noo móffələ ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bacterium causing Legionnaires' disease: a thin rod-shaped organism, staining Gram-negative, that grows in media rich in iron and causes epidemics of Legionnaires' disease

[Late 20th century. < modern Latin]
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