Genus of Bacteria That Causes Food Poisoning

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Past and Present Tech, Group 1450, Puzzle 3 (Fax Machines).

Question is: Genus of Bacteria That Causes Food Poisoning

and the answer is: LISTERIA

Word Meaning:

LISTERIA — Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.

Definitions from Wiktionary.