PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Enterobacter >> Enterobacter sakazakii
ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Enterobacter |
| Species: | Enterobacter sakazakii |
| Description: | Enerobacter sakazakii is described as ubiquitous and opportunistic pathogen that currently contaminates a wide spectrum of foods and poses a lethal threat to neonates, the elderly and persons with immune deficiencies. This species is known to be gram negative, produce a yellow culture, have a rod shaped body structure that aproximatly measures 3 by 1 micrometers which is highly flagellated (peritrichous) and can produce a protective biofilm. This biofilm has allowed this species to establish it self as food pathogen in most food industries and handling facilities. E. sakazakii is comprised of 134 strains which been recorded to cause death in neonates since the 1920’s and has since caused sporadic deaths for the last 50 years. It was officially distinguished as a species in the late 1970’s were it was isolated and found to cause life threatening neonateal meningitis, septicemia and necrotizing enterocolitis. Currently, there is still a great deal that is not known about E. sakazakii such as its natural habitat, genomic sequence and virulence factors. |
| Synonyms: | na |
| Source: | Huge spectrum of food sources, which briefly include: vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains, a variety of meat containing products, milk and drinking water both from tap and bottled. |
| Pathogenicity: | Food born pathogen affect specifically the vascular system the gastrointestinal system and the nervous system |
| Genbank: | NC_009778.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 4.53078 |
| GC %: | 56.76 |
| Genes: | 4221 |
| CDS Number: | 4047 |
| Reference: | Farmer, J. J., Asbury, M. A., Hickman, F. W., Brenner, D. J. (1980). Enterobacter sakazakii: a new secies of "Enterobacteriaceae" isolated from clinical specimens. Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. 30 : 569-584 . |
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