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en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·um

(ĕn′tə-rō-băk-tîr′ē-əm)

n. pl. en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·a (-tîr′ē-ə)

Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped, often enteric bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that includes some plant and animal pathogens, such as salmonella.

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en•ter•o•bac•te•ri•a

(ˌɛn tə roʊ bækˈtɪər i ə)

n.pl., sing. -te•ri•um (-ˈtɪər i əm)

rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, as those of the genera Escherichia, Salmonella, and Shigella, occurring normally or pathogenically in the intestines.

[1950–55]

en`ter•o•bac•te′ri•al, adj.

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Noun

enterobacteria - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals

enteric bacteria, enterics, entric

eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

Enterobacteriaceae, family Enterobacteriaceae - a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales

escherichia - a genus of enteric bacteria

klebsiella - a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections

salmonella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

shigella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon

erwinia - rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants

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Probiotic consumption reduced the prevalence of enterobacteria in the oral cavity, but did not interfere with their amounts or with the specific secretory immune response against them.

Influence of consumption of probiotics on presence of enterobacteria in the oral cavity

Prevalence of enterobacteria in migratory and non-migratory water birds in Srinagar.

Detection & characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) & enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in poultry birds with diarrhoea

COLIFORMS * Also known as enterobacteria, this group includes E.coli.

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In many jobs it is noted that basically they are conditional pathogenic microorganisms of the family of enterobacteria, and E.coli is the leading among them (Dyadik and Kolesnik, 2003; Strachunskiy, 1999; Chew et al., 2006).

Microbe landscape and biological properties of microorganisms revealed from the urine of the patients with the uncomplicated infections of the urine tract

When studying the epidemiological behavior of nonfementing enterobacteria, we found that the situation worsens and particularly with A.

Epidemiologia de bacterias nosocomiales resistentes a los antimicrobianos

In a second study; French investigators examining the effect of bacteremias caused by ESBL-producing enterobacteria found there was a significant increase in the prevalence of ESBL E.

Rise in E. coli may challenge empiric therapy

Facultative strains included enterobacteria in non-hibernating frogs and Pseudomonas species in hibernators.

Analysis and Classification of the intestinal microbiota of the Slimy Salamander by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing

Esta informacion demuestra la importancia de los resultados ya que en la EBTRF se ha confirmado la presencia de la enterobacteria Salmonella sp.

Aislamiento e identificacion de microorganismos entericos en muestras ambientales y cloacales en Crocodylus intermedius y Testudines de la Estacion de Biologia Tropical Roberto Franco en Villavicencio, Colombia

RECENT FINDINGS: The first population cross-sectional studies with relevant numbers of healthy elderlies show agerelated global changes in gut microbiota with a consistent increase in nonpathogenic Gram-negative mainly Enterobacteria and country-specific changes in bifidobacteria.

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La salmonella es un bacilo gram negativo de la familia enterobacteria, que no forma esporas (5,14) y que es potencialmente patogeno para seres humanos y animales incluyendo los perros (1).

Prevalencia de Salmonella spp. en perros del Centro de Bienestar Animal "La Perla", en Medellin, Colombia

Nevertheless, this test is a limit test, which means that the product can still contain enterobacteria within a specified range; so, without an additional pathogen specific test, a single colony of E.