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Enterobacter

Medical Definition:	Gram-negative gas-producing rods found in feces of man and other animals, sewage, soil, water, and dairy products.
Guide Notes:	infection: coord IM with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM); not X ref AEROBACTER but AEROBACTER AEROGENES see ENTERBACTER AEROGENES is available

Enterobacter Categories.

	Enterobacter aerogenes - Gram-negative, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature. Both motile and non-motile strains exist. The species is closely related to KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE and is frequently associated with nosocomial infections
	Enterobacter cloacae - A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in water, sewage, soil, meat, hospital environments, and on the skin and in the intestinal tract of man and animals as a commensal.
	Enterobacter sakazakii - A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus ENTEROBACTER, found in the environment and in foods. It has biochemical characteristics similar to ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE, but is yellow-pigmented.

Enterobacter Medical Definitions and Terms

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