Escherichia albertii explained

Escherichia albertii is a Gram-negative species of bacteria within the same genus as E. coli. It was recognised to cause disease after being isolated from the stools of children with diarrhea in Bangladesh,[1] [2] and was originally thought to be Hafnia alvei based on biochemical assays. The bacterium was reclassified in 2003 as a novel species based on its genetic features,[3] [4] and was named E. albertii in honour of the microbiologist who first described the species.[5] E. albertii differs from typical E. coli in being nonmotile and unable to ferment lactose.

As a human gastrointestinal pathogen, E. albertii is often linked to food- or water-borne outbreaks of disease,[6] [7] and can cause sporadic cases of bacteraemia.[8] The species may be misidentified as Enteropathogenic E. coli due to its production of intimin.[9] [10] It is also responsible for disease or subclinical infection in domestic and wild birds, where it may be a reservoir for human disease.[11] [12] [13]

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  2. Albert . M. J. . Faruque . S. M. . Ansaruzzaman . M. . Islam . M. M. . Haider . K. . Alam . K. . Kabir . I. . Robins-Browne . R. . 1992 . Sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Hafnia alvei . Journal of Medical Microbiology . 37 . 5 . 310–314 . 10.1099/00222615-37-5-310 . 1433251 . 1473-5644.
  3. Ridell . J . Siitonen . A . Paulin . L . Lindroos . O . Korkeala . H . Albert . M J . 1995 . Characterization of Hafnia alvei by biochemical tests, random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR, and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA gene . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . en . 33 . 9 . 2372–2376 . 10.1128/jcm.33.9.2372-2376.1995 . 0095-1137 . 228415 . 7494030.
  4. Janda . J. Michael . Abbott . Sharon L. . Albert . M. John . 1999 . Prototypal Diarrheagenic Strains of Hafnia alvei Are Actually Members of the Genus Escherichia . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . en . 37 . 8 . 2399–2401 . 10.1128/JCM.37.8.2399-2401.1999 . 0095-1137 . 85237 . 10405374.
  5. Huys . Geert . Cnockaert . Margo . Janda . J. Michael . Swings . Jean . 2003 . Escherichia albertii sp. nov., a diarrhoeagenic species isolated from stool specimens of Bangladeshi children . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 53 . 3 . 807–810 . 10.1099/ijs.0.02475-0 . 12807204 . free.
  6. Bengtsson . Rebecca J. . Baker . Kate S. . Cunningham . Andrew A. . Greig . David R. . John . Shinto K. . Macgregor . Shaheed K. . Seilern-Moy . Katharina . Spiro . Simon . Chong . Charlotte C. . De Silva . P. Malaka . Jenkins . Claire . Lawson . Becki . 2023-03-27 . The genomic epidemiology of Escherichia albertii infecting humans and birds in Great Britain . Nature Communications . en . 14 . 1 . 1707 . 10.1038/s41467-023-37312-3 . 2041-1723 . 10043262 . 36973246. 2023NatCo..14.1707B .
  7. Masuda . Kanako . Ooka . Tadasuke . Akita . Hiroko . Hiratsuka . Takahiro . Takao . Shinichi . Fukada . Mami . Inoue . Kaori . Honda . Mikiko . Toda . Junko . Sugitani . Wakana . Narimatsu . Hiroshi . Ishioka . Taisei . Hirai . Shinichiro . Sekizuka . Tsuyoshi . Kuroda . Makoto . 2020-02-01 . Epidemiological Aspects of Escherichia albertii Outbreaks in Japan and Genetic Characteristics of the Causative Pathogen . Foodborne Pathogens and Disease . en . 17 . 2 . 144–150 . 10.1089/fpd.2019.2654 . 31603704 . 204331363 . 1535-3141.
  8. Inglis . T. J. J. . Merritt . A. J. . Bzdyl . N. . Lansley . S. . Urosevic . M. N. . 2015-11-01 . First bacteraemic human infection with Escherichia albertii . New Microbes and New Infections . 8 . 171–173 . 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.07.003 . 2052-2975 . 4877401 . 27257499.
  9. Ooka . Tadasuke . Seto . Kazuko . Kawano . Kimiko . Kobayashi . Hideki . Etoh . Yoshiki . Ichihara . Sachiko . Kaneko . Akiko . Isobe . Junko . Yamaguchi . Keiji . Horikawa . Kazumi . Gomes . Tânia A. T. . Linden . Annick . Bardiau . Marjorie . Mainil . Jacques G. . Beutin . Lothar . 2012 . Clinical Significance of Escherichia albertii - Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC . Emerging Infectious Diseases . 18 . 3 . 488–492 . en-us . 10.3201/eid1803.111401 . 3309589 . 22377117.
  10. Yamamoto . Denise . Hernandes . Rodrigo T. . Liberatore . Ana Maria A. . Abe . Cecilia M. . Souza . Rodrigo B. de . Romão . Fabiano T. . Sperandio . Vanessa . Koh . Ivan H. . Gomes . Tânia A. T. . 2017-02-08 . Escherichia albertii, a novel human enteropathogen, colonizes rat enterocytes and translocates to extra-intestinal sites . PLOS ONE . en . 12 . 2 . e0171385 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0171385 . free . 1932-6203 . 5298312 . 28178312. 2017PLoSO..1271385Y .
  11. Hinenoya . Atsushi . Li . Xing-Ping . Zeng . Ximin . Sahin . Orhan . Moxley . Rodney A. . Logue . Catherine M. . Gillespie . Barbara . Yamasaki . Shinji . Lin . Jun . 2021 . Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii in poultry at the pre-harvest level . Zoonoses and Public Health . en . 68 . 3 . 213–225 . 10.1111/zph.12812 . 33528112 . 231765097 . 1863-1959.
  12. Oaks . J. Lindsay . Besser . Thomas E. . Walk . Seth T. . Gordon . David M. . Beckmen . Kimberlee B. . Burek . Kathy A. . Haldorson . Gary J. . Bradway . Dan S. . Ouellette . Lindsey . Rurangirwa . Fred R. . Davis . Margaret A. . Dobbin . Greg . Whittam . Thomas S. . 2010 . Escherichia albertii in Wild and Domestic Birds . Emerging Infectious Diseases . 16 . 4 . 638–646 . 10.3201/eid1604.090695 . 1080-6040 . 3321939 . 20350378.
  13. Wang . Huiwen . Zhang . Li . Cao . Liu . Zeng . Ximin . Gillespie . Barbara . Lin . Jun . 2022-04-01 . Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii originated from the broiler farms in Mississippi and Alabama . Veterinary Microbiology . 267 . 109379 . 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109379 . 35219009 . 247069093 . 0378-1135.

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