Providencia
[ prŏv′ĭ-dĕn′sē-ə ]
n.
A genus of motile, peritrichous, nonsporeforming, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing gram-negative rods; it includes the species that can occur in urinary tract infections.
Example sentences from the Web for providencia
About the same time, twelve thousand acres of the Lankershim rancho, adjoining the Providencia, were disposed of.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 |Harris Newmark