Enterobacteriaceae
noun pluralMedical Definition of Enterobacteriaceae
: a large family of gram-negative straight bacterial rods (order Enterobacteriales) that ferment glucose with the production of acid or acid and gas and that include the common coliform organisms and a number of serious pathogens of humans, lower animals, and plants — see eberthella, enterobacter, klebsiella, proteus, salmonella, serratia