Bacterium
enterobacteriaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods; Gammaproteobacteria
Definitions related to enterobacteriaceae:
  • A family of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that do not form endospores. Its 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A taxonomic family of Gram-negative bacterium, which are found in water, soil or the gut, in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Aranicola, Buttiauxella, Cedecea, Cronobacter, Enterobacter and Citrobacter, among others.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Enterobacteriaceae family level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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