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PROVIDENCIA HEIMBACHAE
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Providencia |
| Species: | Providencia heimbachae |
| Description: | It was named to honor Friederike Heimbach.Providencia heimbachae was first described in 1986. It has been isolated from penguin feces and an aborted bovine fetus. There has been no reported isolation of this organism from human specimens. But now a report says that isolation of Providencia heimbachae from Human Feces who have idiopathic diarrhea.(CAROLINE MOHR O’HARA et.al.1999) |
| Synonyms: | N.A. |
| Source: | This organism mainly found in healthy penguins aborted bovine fetus. |
| Pathogenicity: | The medical and veterinary significance of these organisms is unknown. |
| Genbank: | [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | N.A |
| GC %: | N.A |
| Genes: | N.A |
| CDS Number: | N.A |
| Reference: | (1)Muller, H.E., O'Hara, C.M., Fanning, G.R., Hickman-Brenner, F.W., Swenson, J.M., and Brenner, D.J. "Providencia heimbachae, a new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from animals." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1986) 36:252-256 (2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.214,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co. |
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