Enterobacter cloacae (lat.) - a type of gram-negative conditionally pathogenic direct rod-shaped (0.6-1.0 × 1.2-3.0 microns) bacteria . They are located singly, in pairs or in short chains. Movable due to peritrich . Optional anaerobes , chemorganotrophs . The temperature optimum is 30–37 ° C. Widely distributed in nature, found in fresh water, soil, sewage, on plants, vegetables, in the feces of humans and animals. A person causes intestinal, respiratory, urogenital purulent-inflammatory diseases, meningitis , septicemia , wound and burn infections, bacteremia , diarrhea and other various opportunistic infections .
| Enterobacter cloacae |
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| Scientific classification |
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| Grade: | Gamma proteobacteria |
| View: | Enterobacter cloacae |
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| International scientific name |
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Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 |
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- E. cloacae subsp. cloacae
- E. cloacae subsp. dissolvens
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According to the study, they are the main cause of obesity [1] .
Synonyms of the form [2] in chronological order of description:
- Bacillus cloacae Jordan 1890
- Bacterium cloacae (Jordan 1890) Lehmann and Neumann 1896
- Cloaca cloacae (Jordan 1890) Castellani and Chalmers 1919
- Aerobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Bergey et al. 1923
- Aerobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1958
