Organisms

Enterobacter cloacae

A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in water, sewage, soil, meat, hospital environments, and on the skin and in the intestinal tract of man and animals as a commensal.

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Abstract

A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in water, sewage, soil, meat, hospital environments, and on the skin and in the intestinal tract of man and animals as a commensal.

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infection: coordinate with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS

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92

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Previous Indexing

  • Enterobacter (1966-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Enterobacter cloacae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016972. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016972
  2. Enterobacter cloacae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobacter_cloacae
  3. Enterobacter cloacae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4038096