ˌebə(r)ˈthelə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Karl J. Eberth died 1926 German bacteriologist + New Latin -ella
in many classifications : a genus of motile aerobic gram-negative bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae) forming acid but no gas on many carbohydrates, including certain pathogens (as E. typhosa which causes typhoid fever in man), and being sometimes replaced by Salmonella or Bacterium