Elizabethkingia
noun
Eliz·a·beth·king·ia
i-ˌliz-ə-bəth-ˈkiŋ-ē-ə
: a genus of nonmotile aerobic gram-negative usually rod-shaped bacteria found especially in soil and water including one (E. meningosepticum) that is found as a contaminant in hospitals and is associated with meningitis and septicemia especially in newborn infants
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