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Enterobacteriaceae
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Enterobacteriaceae /En·tero·bac·te·ri·a·ceae/ (en?ter-o-bak-ter?e-a´se-e) a family of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria (order Eubacteriales) occurring as plant or animal parasites or as saprophytes.
Enterobacteriaceae
(en´trōbak´tir´ēā´sēē´),
n.pr a family of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that includes both normal and pathogenic enteric microorganisms such as
Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, and
Salmonella.

Enterobacteriaceae
a family of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria (order Eubacteriales) occurring as plant or animal parasites or as saprophytes. Includes the lactose-fermenting genera of Escherichia, Enterobacter, Serratia and Klebsiella, and the apathogenic genera, Citrobacter and Erwinia. Also includes the nonlactose fermenters with pathogenic significance, Salmonella, Proteus and Yersinia.

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7) The most prevalent bacteria are gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterobacteria and gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus.
Migratory birds are known to carry several microbial agents of human disease, including viruses, chlamydiae, and enterobacteria (2,3).
Levy of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and his colleagues reported that some enterobacteria pump out tetracycline.
 
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