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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Edwardsiella
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Edwardsiella

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Edwardsiella  

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Note

  • infection: coord IM with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of small, straight gram-negative rods which are facultatively anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, and usually motile by peritrichous flagella. Members of this genus are usually found in the intestines of cold-blooded animals and in fresh water. They are pathogenic for eels, CATFISHES, and other animals and are rare opportunistic pathogens for humans. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020594

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