Citrobacter

Citrobacter
Citrobacter freundii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:
Werkman and Gillen, 1932
Species

Citrobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped[2] coliform bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family.

Citrobacter spp. cause opportunistic infections (including urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia).[2]

  1. ^ a b c Parte, A.C. "Citrobacter". LPSN. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine" [Medical Dictionary of the Academy of Medicine]. www.academie-medecine.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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