A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms occur in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. The species are either nonpathogenic or opportunistic pathogens.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004925
AN
infection: coord IM with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS (IM)
AQL
CH CL CY DE EN GD GE IM IP ME PH PY RE UL VI
cui
C0014833
DC
1
definition
A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms occur in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. The species are either nonpathogenic or opportunistic pathogens.