Kluyvera species

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Kluyvera is a newly described genus in the family Enterobacteriaceae
  
  Taxonomy
  Family: Enterobacteriaceae
  K. cryocrescens, K. ascorbata, K. georgiana, K. intermedia
  
  Natural habitats
  They are widely distributed in nature.
  
  Clinical significance
  They are infrequent opportunistic pathogens.
Gram stain
- Gram negative rods
Culture characteristics
- Facultative anaerobic
  
  BA: colonies are 1-3 mm, circular, greyish, smooth, convex.
  
  They are nonpigmented.
  
  McConkey: growth, lactose fermenter
  
  BBAØ: growth
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition