ENTEROBACTER-SAKAZAKII - A NEW SPECIES OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE ISOLATED FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS
ENTEROBACTER-SAKAZAKII - A NEW SPECIES OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE ISOLATED FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS
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DOI:
10.1099/00207713-30-3-569
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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通讯作者:
BRENNER, DJ
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作者:
FARMER, JJ;ASBURY, MA;BRENNER, DJ
Enterobacter sakazakiiis the name proposed for the organism previously known as “yellow-pigmentedEnterobacter cloacae.” The type strain (holotype) of this species is ATCC 29544. The proposed change in the classification of this organism is based on differences betweenE. cloacaeandE. sakazakiiin deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-DNA hybridization, biochemical reactions, pigment production, and antibiotic susceptibility. By DNA hybridization,E. sakazakiiwas about 50% related toE. cloacae, Citrobacter diversus(“Citrobacter intermedius” biotype b), and “Citrobacter amalonaticus” (“Citrobacter intermedius” biotype a). The new species was placed inEnterobacterrather thanCitrobacterbecause of its closer phenotypic and DNA similarity toE. cloacae, the type species of the genusEnterobacter, and because it was only 41% related by DNA hybridization toCitrobacter freundii, the type species ofCitrobacter. E. sakazakiihad biochemical reactions very similar to those ofE. cloacaebut was d-sorbitol negative and positive for extracellular deoxyribonuclease at 2 to 7 days and produced yellow-pigmented colonies.E. sakazakiihad larger zones of inhibition around ampicillin and cephalothin antibiotic disks, which also helps to differentiate it fromE. cloacae. E. sakazakiigrew on the nonselective (but differential) plating media commonly used in enteric bacteriology, but its plating efficiency was reduced on more inhibitory enteric plating media. It has been isolated from human clinical specimens such as sputum, feces, and wounds, where it is probably only a colonizer and not clinically significant. However, it is also a documented, although rare, cause of neonatal meningitis. Other sources have included food, a physician’s stethoscope, and an uninoculated blood culture bottle.