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Biochemical identification of new species and biogroups of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical specimens.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 21 ·No. 1 ·1985-01-00 ·Pages 46-76

Farmer JJ, Davis BR, Hickman-Brenner FW, McWhorter A, Huntley-Carter GP, Asbury MA, Riddle C, Wathen-Grady HG, Elias C, Fanning GR

Abstract

In 1972 there were only 11 genera and 26 species in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Today there are 22 genera, 69 species, and 29 biogroups or Enteric Groups. This paper is a review of all of the new organisms. It has a series of differential charts to assist in identification and a large chart with the reactions of 98 different organisms for 47 tests often used in identification. A simplified version of this chart gives the most common species and tests most often used for identification. The sources of the new organisms are listed, and their role in human disease is discussed. Fourteen new groups of Enterobacteriaceae are described for the first time. These new groups are biochemically distinct from previously described species, biogroups, and Enteric Groups of Enterobacteriaceae. The new groups are Citrobacter amalonaticus biogroup 1, Klebsiella group 47 (indole positive, ornithine positive), Serratia marcescens biogroup 1, and unclassified Enteric Groups 17, 45, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 68, and 69.

MeSH Terms
Adult Aged Citrobacter/classification DNA, Bacterial/genetics Enterobacter/classification Enterobacteriaceae/classification,genetics,metabolism Enterobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology Escherichia/classification Fermentation Humans Infant, Newborn Klebsiella/classification Middle Aged Nucleic Acid Hybridization Proteus/classification Salmonella/classification Serratia/classification Terminology as Topic Yersinia/classification
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Farmer J J
Davis B R
Hickman-Brenner F W
McWhorter A
Huntley-Carter G P
Asbury M A
Riddle C
Wathen-Grady H G
Elias C
Fanning G R
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.21.1.46-76.1985
Published
1985-01-00
Pages
46-76
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC271578
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.21.1.46-76.1985 PMC Full Text View journal details
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