Kluyvera ascorbata

Kluyvera ascorbata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Kluyvera
Species:	K. ascorbata
Binomial name
Kluyvera ascorbata Farmer et al. 1981

Kluyvera ascorbata is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile with peritrichous flagella. ^[1]

References

1. Farmer JJ, Fanning GR, Huntley-Carter GP, Holmes B, Hickman FW, Richard C, et al. (1981). "Kluyvera, a new (redefined) genus in the family Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Kluyvera ascorbata sp. nov. and Kluyvera cryocrescens sp. nov. in clinical specimens". J Clin Microbiol. 13 (5): 919–33. doi:10.1128/jcm.13.5.919-933.1981. PMC   273917 . PMID   7240403.

Further reading

• Sarria, Juan C.; Vidal, Ana M.; Kimbrough III, Robert C. (2001). "Infections Caused byKluyveraSpecies in Humans". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33 (7): e69 –e74. doi: 10.1086/322686 . ISSN   1058-4838. PMID   11528588.
• Carter, J. Elliot, and Tara N. Evans. "Clinically Significant Kluyvera Infections A Report of Seven Cases." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 123.3 (2005): 334–338.
• Moonah, Shannon; Deonarine, Kavita; Freeman, Clyde (2010). "Multidrug resistant Kluyvera ascorbata septicemia in an adult patient: a case report". Journal of Medical Case Reports. 4 (1): 197. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-197 . ISSN   1752-1947. PMC   2907401 . PMID   20587055.
• Isozaki, Atsushi; Shirai, Kentaro; Mimura, Sho; Takahashi, Masaki; Furushima, Wakana; Kawano, Yutaka (2010). "A case of urinary tract infection caused by Kluyvera ascorbata in an infant: case report and review of the literature". Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 16 (6): 436–438. doi:10.1007/s10156-010-0067-3. ISSN   1341-321X. PMID   20454915.
• Altwegg, M.; Zollinger-Iten, J.; von Graevenitz, A. (1986). "Differentiation of Kluyvera cryocrescens from Kluyvera ascorbata by irgasan susceptibility testing". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur / Microbiologie. 137 (1): 159–168. doi:10.1016/S0769-2609(86)80021-7. ISSN   0769-2609. PMID   3426156.

External links

• "Kluyvera ascorbata". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• LPSN
• Type strain of Kluyvera ascorbata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase