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Pantoea

Medical Definition:	A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, straight rods which are motile by peritrichous flagella. Most strains produce a yellow pigment. This organism is isolated from plant surfaces, seeds, soil, and water, as well as from animals and human wounds, blood, and urine. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
Guide Notes:	infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)
Also Called:	Pantoea agglomerans

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