Bacterium
enterobacter aerogenes
Subclass of:
Enterobacter
Definitions related to enterobacter aerogenes:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase and indole negative, catalase and citrate positive, ferments lactose and is considered a coliform bacteria. E. aerogenes is found in the gastrointestinal tract and is an opportunistic pathogen commonly acquired nosocomially, causing skin, soft tissue, respiratory, urinary tract and eye infections.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter aerogenes.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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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 infectionsNLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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