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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Citrobacter > Citrobacter rodentium
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Citrobacter > Citrobacter rodentium

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Citrobacter rodentium  

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Entry terms

  • Citrobacter freundii Biotype 4280

Note

  • infection: coordinate with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus CITROBACTER, family ENTEROBACTERIACEAE. As an important pathogen of laboratory mice, it serves as a model for investigating epithelial hyperproliferation and tumor promotion. It was previously considered a strain of CITROBACTER FREUNDII.

History note

  • 2004; use CITROBACTER FREUNDII 2001-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044082

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