enterics

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

enterics
    n 1: rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or
         pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
         [syn: {enteric bacteria}, {enterobacteria}, {enterics},
         {entric}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enterics \enterics\ n.
   rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of the family
   {Enterobacteriaceae}; most occur normally or pathogenically
   in intestines of humans and other animals; those of the genus
   {Erwinia} are found in plants.

   Syn: enteric bacteria, enterobacteria.
        [WordNet 1.5]