Kluyvera

Kluyvera is a Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterial and motile genus from the family of Enterobacteriaceae which have peritrichous flagella.[1][2] Kluyvera occur in water, soil and sewage.[3] Kluyvera bacteria can cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.[3]

Kluyvera
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Kluyvera

Farmer et al. 1981[1]
Type species
Kluyvera ascorbata[1]
Species

K. ascorbata[1]
K. cryocrescens[1]
K. georgiana[1]
K. intermedia[1]

References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Kluyvera". LPSN.
  2. Farmer, J.j. (1 January 2015). "Kluyvera". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–18. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01151.
  3. Prober, edited by Sarah Long, Larry Pickering, Charles G. (2012). Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases (4th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 1-4557-3985-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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