pasteurella

noun

pas·​teu·​rel·​la ˌpas-tə-ˈrel-ə 

1

capitalized : a genus of gram-negative facultatively anaerobic nonmotile rod bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae that stain differentially at the poles of the cell and include several important pathogens especially of domestic animals see hemorrhagic septicemia, yersinia

2

plural pasteurellas or pasteurellae -ˌlī  : any bacterium of the genus Pasteurella