Escherichia hermannii (Atlantibacter hermannii)

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Family: Enterobacteriaceae,
  Genus: Atlantibacter hermannii
  Formely: Escherichia hermannii
  
  Natural habitats
  Widely distributed in nature, water, soil, foods and clinical samples.
  
  Clinical significance
  Most have been isolated from feces and wounds
Gram stain
- Gram negative rods,
  
  1-3 x 0.5 µm, though their size can be impacted by temperature, growth state, and exposure to antibiotics. They occur singly or in pairs
Culture characteristics
- Facultative anaerobic
  
  BA: colonies are yellow pigmented.
  
  McConkey: growth, lactose fermenter
  
  BBAØ: growth
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition