"serotype" meaning in English

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          "word": "heteroserotype"
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          "ref": "2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54:",
          "text": "An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.",
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        "(immunology) A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens."
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          "word": "serostrain"
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