Enterobacteriaceae
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The Enterobacteriaceae are a large family of bacteria, including many of the more familiar pathogens, such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli. Genetic studies place them among the Proteobacteria, and they are given their own order (Enterobacteriales), though this is sometimes taken to include some related environmental samples.
Members of the Enterobacteriaceae are rod-shaped, and are typically 1-5 μm in length. Like other Proteobacteria they have Gram-negative stains, and they are facultative anaerobes, fermenting sugars to produce lactic acid and various other end products. They also reduce nitrate to nitrite. Unlike most similar bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae generally lack cytochrome C oxidase, although there are exceptions (e.g. Plesiomonas). Most have many flagella used to move about, but a few genera are non-motile. They are non-spore forming, and except for Shigella dysenteriae strains they are catalase-positive.
Many members of this family are a normal part of the gut flora found in the intestines of humans and other animals, while others are found in water or soil, or are parasites on a variety of different animals and plants. Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, is one of the most important model organisms and its genetics and biochemistry have been closely studied.
Most members of Enterobacteriaceae have peritrichous Type I fimbriae involved in the adhesion of the bacterial cells to their hosts.
Genera in the Enterobacteriaceae
- Alishewanella
- Alterococcus
- Aquamonas
- Aranicola
- Arsenophonus
- Azotivirga
- Blochmannia
- Brenneria
- Buchnera
- Budvicia
- Buttiauxella
- Cedecea
- Citrobacter
- Dickeya
- Edwardsiella
- Enterobacter
- Erwinia, e.g. Erwinia amylovora
- Escherichia, e.g. Escherichia coli
- Ewingella
- Grimontella
- Hafnia
- Klebsiella, e.g. Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Kluyvera
- Leclercia
- Leminorella
- Moellerella
- Morganella
- Obesumbacterium
- Pantoea
- Pectobacterium
- Candidatus Phlomobacter
- Photorhabdus, e.g. Photorhabdus luminescens
- Plesiomonas, e.g. Plesiomonas shigelloides
- Pragia
- Proteus, e.g. Proteus vulgaris
- Providencia
- Rahnella
- Raoultella
- Salmonella
- Samsonia
- Serratia, e.g. Serratia marcescens
- Shigella
- Sodalis
- Tatumella
- Trabulsiella
- Wigglesworthia
- Xenorhabdus
- Yersinia, e.g. Yersinia pestis
- Yokenella
External Links
- Genome information on diarrheagenic E. coli, Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia pestis, and Yersinia enterocolitica is available at the NIAID Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC)
- Evaluation of new computer-enhanced identification program for microorganisms: adaptation of BioBASE for identification of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae [2]
References
- MacFaddin, Jean F. Biochemical Tests for Identification of Medical Bacteria. Williams & Wilkins, 1980, p 441.
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
