Edwardsiella (bacterium)

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Edwardsiella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Hafniaceae
Genus: Edwardsiella
R.Sakazaki et al., 1962
Species [1]

Edwardsiella is a genus of gram-negative, fermentative bacteria of the family Hafniaceae. [2] It was first discovered in snakes in 1962.

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Description

A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria of the family Hafniaceae, they are occasionally opportunistic pathogens of humans.

Species

Notable species include:

References

  1. "Edwardsiella". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. Janda, J. Michael; Sharon L. Abbott (2006). The Enterobacteria (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: ASM Press. p. 411. ISBN   9781555813420.