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Definition of: Pasteurella
(pas′tə·rel′ə) noun
A genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria parasitic in animals and man: P. pestis is the plague bacillus, and P. tularensis is the cause of tularemia. [<NL, after Louis Pasteur]
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