Definition of "listeria" []

• Any of various rod-shaped, gram-positive bacteria of the genus Listeria, which includes the causative agent of listeriosis. (noun)

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• "The recommendation is because of a food-borne bug by the name of listeria monocytogenes which causes an uncommon but potentially fatal disease called listeriosis."
• "Maple Leaf CEO's memos to workers give glimpse of struggles with listeria Weeks before the word listeria became a common term across Canada, the company at the centre of it was struggling with "belt-tightening" amid a "massive change period," according to memos written by the head of Maple Leaf Foods."
• "Maple Leaf CEO's memos to workers give glimpse of struggles with listeria Weeks before the word listeria became a common term across Canada, the company at the centre of it was struggling with "belt-tightening" amid a "massive change period," according to memos written by the head of Maple Leaf Foods. transcript Maple Leaf Michael McCain"