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Enterobacter

Enterobacter is a genus of common <a href="/en/Gram-negative" title="Gram-negative" class="mw-redirect wl">Gram-negative</a>, <a href="/en/Facultative_anaerobic_organism" title="Facultative anaerobic organism" class="wl">facultatively anaerobic</a>, <a href="/en/Bacillus_(shape)" title="Bacillus (shape)" class="wl">rod-shaped</a>, non-spore-forming <a href="/en/Bacteria" title="Bacteria" class="wl">bacteria</a> of the family <a href="/en/Enterobacteriaceae" title="Enterobacteriaceae" class="wl">Enterobacteriaceae</a>. It is the type genus of the order <a href="/en/Enterobacterales" title="Enterobacterales" class="wl">Enterobacterales</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a> Several strains of these bacteria are <a href="/en/Pathogen" title="Pathogen" class="wl">pathogenic</a> and cause <a href="/en/Opportunistic_infection" title="Opportunistic infection" class="wl">opportunistic infections</a> in <a href="/en/Immunocompromised" title="Immunocompromised" class="mw-redirect wl">immunocompromised</a> (usually hospitalized) hosts and in those who are on <a href="/en/Mechanical_ventilation" title="Mechanical ventilation" class="wl">mechanical ventilation</a>. The <a href="/en/Urinary_tract" title="Urinary tract" class="mw-redirect wl">urinary</a> and <a href="/en/Respiratory_tract" title="Respiratory tract" class="wl">respiratory tracts</a> are the most common sites of <a href="/en/Infection" title="Infection" class="wl">infection</a>. The genus Enterobacter is a member of the <a href="/en/Coliform" title="Coliform" class="mw-redirect wl">coliform</a> group of bacteria. It does not belong to the <a href="/en/Fecal_coliform" title="Fecal coliform" class="wl">fecal coliforms</a> (or thermotolerant coliforms) group of bacteria, unlike <a href="/en/Escherichia_coli" title="Escherichia coli" class="wl">Escherichia coli</a>, because it is incapable of growth at 44.5&nbsp;°C in the presence of <a href="/en/Bile_salts" title="Bile salts" class="mw-redirect wl">bile salts</a>.[<a href="/en/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" class="wl">citation needed</a>] Some of them show <a href="/en/Quorum_sensing" title="Quorum sensing" class="wl">quorum sensing</a> properties.<a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-enteric_2-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a>

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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%"><a href="/en/Enterobacter_cloacae" title="Enterobacter cloacae" class="wl">Enterobacter cloacae</a> on <a href="/en/Trypticase_soy_agar" title="Trypticase soy agar" class="wl">trypticase soy agar</a></td></tr>


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<td>Domain:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Bacteria" title="Bacteria" class="wl">Bacteria</a></td></tr>
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<td>Phylum:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Pseudomonadota" title="Pseudomonadota" class="wl">Pseudomonadota</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Gammaproteobacteria" title="Gammaproteobacteria" class="wl">Gammaproteobacteria</a></td></tr>
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<td>Order:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Enterobacterales" title="Enterobacterales" class="wl">Enterobacterales</a></td></tr>
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<td>Family:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Enterobacteriaceae" title="Enterobacteriaceae" class="wl">Enterobacteriaceae</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Enterobacter" title="Enterobacter" class="wl">Enterobacter</a> Hormaeche &amp; Edwards 1960</td></tr>



































































































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E. amnigenus 
E. arachidis 
E. asburiae 
E. bugandensis 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_cancerogenus" title="Enterobacter cancerogenus" class="mw-redirect wl">E. cancerogenous</a> 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_cloacae" title="Enterobacter cloacae" class="wl">E. cloacae</a> 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_cowanii" title="Enterobacter cowanii" class="wl">E. cowanii</a> 
E. dissolvens 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_gergoviae" title="Enterobacter gergoviae" class="mw-redirect wl">E. gergoviae</a> 
E. helveticus 
E. hormaechei 
E. intermedius 
E. kobei 
E. ludwigii 
E. mori 
E. nimipressuralis 
E. oryzae 
E. pulveris 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_pyrinus" title="Enterobacter pyrinus" class="mw-redirect wl">E. pyrinus</a> 
E. radicincitans 
<a href="/en/Enterobacter_taylorae" title="Enterobacter taylorae" class="wl">E. taylorae</a> 
E. turicensis 
E. soli</td></tr>














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Cloaca Castellani &amp; Chalmers, 1919
 Aerobacter Hormaeche &amp; Edwards, 1958</td></tr>


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One clinically important species from this genus is <a href="/en/Enterobacter_cloacae" title="Enterobacter cloacae" class="wl">E. cloacae</a>.

Researchers in 2018 reported, after detecting the presence on the <a href="/en/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station" class="wl">International Space Station</a> (ISS) of five Enterobacter bugandensis bacterial strains, none pathogenic to humans, that <a href="/en/Microorganism" title="Microorganism" class="wl">microorganisms</a> on ISS should be carefully monitored to continue assuring a medically healthy environment for the astronauts.<a href="#cite_note-EA-20181122-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-BMC-20181123-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a>

Enterobacter is a genus of common Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.  It is the type genus of the order Enterobacterales. One clinically important species from this genus is E. cloacae. 