Enterobacteriaceae

En`ter`o`bac`te`ri`a´ce`ae    (ĕn`tẽr`ô`băk`tēr`ē`ā´sē`ē)

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(Microbiol.) a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals, and some of which grow in plants. The type genus is Escherichia. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, and may be motile or non-motile. Most are easily cultured on artificial growth media. Both pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains exist.

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Enterobacteriaceae - a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales family Enterobacteriaceae bacteria family - a family of bacteria Aerobacter, genus Aerobacter - aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature Eubacteriales, order Eubacteriales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals genus Escherichia - a genus of bacteria genus Klebsiella - a genus of bacteria genus Salmonella - a genus of bacteria genus Serratia, Serratia - a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod genus Shigella - a genus of bacteria genus Erwinia - a genus of bacteria