Definitions for Serratia

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Serratia Ser·ra·tia

Spelling: [suh-rey-shuh, -shee-uh, - Serratia is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 280 anagrams from letters in Serratia (aaeirrst).

Definitions for Serratia

noun

1. a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.

Origin of Serratia

New Latin, named after Serafino Serrati, 19th-century Italian industrialist; see -a²

Examples for Serratia

The insects died after this color appeared and practically pure cultures of Serratia were recovered from the reddened areas.

Pycnoscelus surinamensis Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.

Neostylopyga rhombifolia Bacterium: Serratia marcescens, p. 117.