Enterobacteriaceae
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Used for
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, coliform bacilli, Paracolobactrum
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella, Serratia, Shigella, Yersinia
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Related Terms
anaerobic bacteria, enteric bacteria, gram negative bacteria
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Scope Note
family of gram negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria that do not form endospores; organisms are distributed worldwide with some being saprophytes and others being plant and animal parasites; many species are of considerable economic importance due to their pathogenic effects on agriculture and livestock.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Multidrug resistance among Enterobacteriaceae is strongly associated with the presence of integrons and is independent of species or isolate origin.
- Enterobactin: the characteristic catecholate siderophore of Enterobacteriaceae is produced by Streptomyces species.
- Enterobacteriaceae is the Latin name for the genus and enterobacteria is the "English" shortened name for this group of bacteria.
- The 143 plasmid-encoded urease gene cluster of the family Enterobacteriaceae is positively regulated by UreR, a member of the AraC family of transcriptional activators.
- from other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae is descri 5a8 bed.
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