Pseudescherichia vulneris
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Pseudescherichia vulneris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Pseudescherichia |
Species: | P. vulneris |
Binomial name | |
Pseudescherichia vulneris (Brenner et al. 1983) Alnajar and Gupta, 2017 | |
Pseudescherichia vulneris is a Gram-negative bacterial species. P. vulneris is a fermentative, oxidase-negative, motile rod, which holds characteristics of the family Enterobacteraceae. This bacterium can colonize in the respiratory tract, genital tract, stool, and urinary tract. However, P. vulneris is most often associated with wounds and has been known to colonize open wounds of both humans and animals. This association gave the bacterium its species name, vulneris, which is Latin for wound. It has also been infrequently reported in cases of meningitis. It was identified as Escherichia vulneris in 1982 with a 2017 genomic analysis of its original genus resulting in the creation of its new genus Pseudescherichia.[1][2]