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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Erysipelothrix \Er`y*sip"e*lo*thrix\
   ([e^]r`[i^]*s[i^]p"[-e]*las), n. [see erysipelas.]
   (Microbiol.)
   a genus of non-motile, rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of
   the family Corynebacteriaceae. They are facultatively
   anaerobic and produce acid but no gas from glucose. Members
   of this genus are parasitic on fish, birds, and mammals,
   including man. The type species of the genus, Erysipelothrix
   rhusiopathiae, causes erysipeloid in man. --Stedman
   [PJC]

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