Definition of "salmonellae" []

• Plural form of salmonella. (noun)

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• "Early on as a graduate student, I learned that it takes a minimum of about 10 8 salmonellae to cause gastroenteritis."
• "However, if parents clean their children's infected tanks in kitchen or bathroom sinks and then fail to wash their hands or the sinks with disinfectant, the number of salmonellae present in these environments would be sufficient to cause disease if infected food or water was ingested."
• "(Unusually pathogenic salmonellae produce similar lesions in chicks.)"