Citrobacter
Sign in to saveCitrobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped coliform bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderEnterobacterales
- FamilyEnterobacteriaceae
Observations recorded649,740
via GBIF
Research
7,761 papers- Optimum management of Citrobacter koseri infection.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2014
- Epidemiology of Citrobacter spp. infections among hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024
- CITROBACTER ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.Retinal cases & brief reports · 2020
- Citrobacter braakii Bacteremia: Case Report and Review of the Literature.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2017
- Citrobacter meridianamericanus sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2023
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Image
- Citrobacter freundii.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Citrobacter
- taxon name
- Citrobacter
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Citrobacter
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/citrobacter
- taxonomic type
- Citrobacter freundii
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Microbiology
- Microbial biochemistry
- Environmental microbiology
- Clinical significance
- Antimicrobial resistance
- References
- External links
Citrobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped coliform bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family.
Citrobacter spp. cause opportunistic infections (including urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Citrobacter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.