Providencia (bacterium)

Providencia (bacterium)

Taxobox | name = "Providencia"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Enterobacteriales
familia = Enterobacteriaceae
genus = "Providencia"
genus_authority = Ewing 1962
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="P. friedericiana"
"P. stuartii"
etc.

"Providencia" is a Gram negative, motile bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Some strains ("P. stuartii", for example) are opportunistic pathogens in humans and can cause urinary tract infections, particularly in patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters or extensive severe burns.

Some strains are sensitive to ampicillin.

References

*

External links

*http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/01/dmmlip.htm


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Providencia — may refer to:* Providencia, Chile * Providencia District in Amazonas, Peru * Providencia Island, part of the San Andrés y Providencia Department district of Colombia in the Caribbean sea * Providencia, Nariño a town in municipality in southern… …   Wikipedia

  • Providencia (genre) — Providencia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Morganella morganii — Retrouvé dans le tractus digestif de divers animaux, Morganella morganii se présente sous la forme de bacilles flagellés ou non, de 0,6 à 1 µm de diamètre, sur 1 à 3 µm de longueur. Elle appartient à la famille des entérobactéries, et possède les …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Restriction enzyme — Glossary Restriction …   Wikipedia

  • Lake Maracaibo — From outer space (STS 51 I). North is at the bottom left of the image (August 1985) …   Wikipedia

  • Proteus — 1. A former genus of the Sarcodina, now termed Amoeba. 2. A genus of motile, peritrichous, nonsporeforming, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae) containing …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”