Enterobacter sakazakii

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Enterobacter sakazakii

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterials; Enteribacteriaceae

Species

Enterobacter skazakii

NCBI: TaxonomyGenome

Description and significance

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Genome structure

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Cell structure and metabolism

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Application to Biotechnology

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Current Research

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References

(1)Iversen, C., Lehner, A., Mullane, N., Bidlas, E., Cleenwerck, I., Marugg, J., Fanning, S., Stephan, R., and Joosten, H. “The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies”. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2007. Volume 7. No. 64.

(2)Friedemann, M. “Enterobacter sakazakii in food and beverages ( other than infant formula and milk powder)”. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2007. Volume 116 (1). p. 1-10.

(3)Mullane, N.R., Whyte, P., Wall, P.G., Quinn, T., Fanning, S. “Application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize and trace the prevalence of Enterobacter sakazakii in an infant formula processing facility”. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2007. Volume 116 (1). p. 73-81.

(4)Kim, H., Ryu, J., and Beuchat, R. “ Effectiveness of Disinfectants in Killing Enterobacter sakazakii in Suspension, Dried on the Surface of Stainless Steel, and in a Biofilm”. Applied and Enviromental Microbiology. 2007. Volume 73 (4). p. 1256-1265.

(5)Kim, K., Klumpp, J., Loessner, M. J. “Enterobacter sakazakii bacteriophages can prevent bacterial growth in reconstituted infant formula”. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2007. Volume 115 (2). p.195-203.

(6)Mange, J., Stephan, R., Borel, N., Wild, P., Kim, K.S., Pospischil, A., and Lehner, A. “ Adhesive properties of Enterobacter sakazakii to human epithelial and brain microvascular endothelial cells”. BMC Microbiology. 2006. Volume 6. No.58.

(7)Whittaker,P., Keys, C.E., Brown, E. W., and Fry, F. S. “ Differentiation of Enterobacter sakazakii from Closely Related Enterobacter and Citrobacter Species Using Fatty Acid Profiles”. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2007. Volume 55 (11). p. 4617-4623.

(8)Washington University in St. Louis – Genome Sequencing Center : Enterobacter sakazakii

Edited by student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano