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]