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SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Serratia |
| Species: | Serratia liquefaciens |
| Description: | Serratia liquefaciens is Gram negative and straight rod shaped bacterium. It is motile and contain peritrichous flagella. Serratia liquefaciens are facultative anaerobes making oxygen inessential to survival. They can inhabit both aerobic and anaerobic environments. |
| Synonyms: | Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty 1961(sic)) Bascomb et al. 1971; Serratia liquefaciens (Grimes and Hennerty 1931) Bascomb et al. 1971; Aerobacter liquefaciens; "Aerobacter liquefaciens" Grimes and Hennerty 1931 |
| Source: | It is commonly found on many plant species and more specifically in the rhizosphere.Serratia liquefaciens is a widespread bacterium found in the environment and capable of colonizing on soil, water, plants, and the digestive tracts of rodents,insects,fish and humans. |
| Pathogenicity: | Serratia liquefaciens is also a pathogenic bacterium. It has been reported as a cause of mastitis in a dairy herd. In humans,it has rarely been reported as a cause of nosocomial infections. |
| Genbank: | NC_021741.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 5.28272 |
| GC %: | 55.38 |
| Genes: | 4910 |
| CDS Number: | 4751 |
| Reference: | (1) Grimont, P. A. D., Grimont, F., Irino, K. (1982). Biochemical characterization of Serratia liquefaciens sensu stricto, Serratia proteamaculans and Serratia grimesii sp. nov. Curr.Microbiol. 7 :69-74 (2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.217,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co.. |
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