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Database of Biochemical Tests of Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae Family A tool to identify microbes using minimal biochemical tests |
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Providencia rettgeri
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| Description | It was named after L.F. Rettger, the American bacteriologist who first isolated the organism in 1904. It is a Gram-negative bacterial species belongs to family enterobacteriaceae.It is an opportunistic pathogen which causes urinary tract infections and other infections such as eye infection and diahrrhea. |
| Synonyms | Proteus rettgeri |
| Habitat/Source | Mainly in water and soil habitat.Generally isolated from urine specimens of hospi- talized and catheterized patients and less frequently from other sites |
| Pathogenicity | Bacteremia and urinary tract infections,eye infection. May cause nosocomial infections |
| GenBank Accession | View Genome [NZ_CM001774.1] |
| Size(Mb) | 4.34 |
| GC% | 40.5 |
| Genes | 3894 |
| CDS | 3625 |
| Reference | Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.214,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co. |