Mesh term Enterobacteriaceae
Browse to parent terms:Gammaproteobacteria
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Buchnera
Calymmatobacterium
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Citrobacter
Cronobacter
Edwardsiella
Enterobacter
Erwinia
Escherichia
Hafnia
Klebsiella
Kluyvera
Morganella
Pantoea
Pectobacterium
Photorhabdus
Plesiomonas
Proteus
Providencia
Rahnella
Salmonella
Serratia
Shigella
Wigglesworthia
Xenorhabdus
Yersinia
Search for this term in our Faculty Database
View this term at the NCBI website