Kluyvera ascorbata explained

Kluyvera ascorbata is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile with peritrichous flagella.^[1]

Further reading

• Sarria. Juan C.. Vidal. Ana M.. Kimbrough III. Robert C.. Infections Caused byKluyveraSpecies in Humans. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33. 7. 2001. e69–e74. 1058-4838. 10.1086/322686. free. 11528588 .
• Carter, J. Elliot, and Tara N. Evans. "Clinically Significant Kluyvera Infections A Report of Seven Cases." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 123.3 (2005): 334–338.
• Moonah. Shannon. Deonarine. Kavita. Freeman. Clyde. Multidrug resistant Kluyvera ascorbata septicemia in an adult patient: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 4. 1. 2010. 197. 1752-1947. 10.1186/1752-1947-4-197. 20587055 . 2907401 . free .
• Isozaki. Atsushi. Shirai. Kentaro. Mimura. Sho. Takahashi. Masaki. Furushima. Wakana. Kawano. Yutaka. A case of urinary tract infection caused by Kluyvera ascorbata in an infant: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 16. 6. 2010. 436–438. 1341-321X. 10.1007/s10156-010-0067-3. 20454915 .
• Altwegg. M.. Zollinger-Iten. J.. von Graevenitz. A.. Differentiation of Kluyvera cryocrescens from Kluyvera ascorbata by irgasan susceptibility testing. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur / Microbiologie. 137. 1. 1986. 159–168. 0769-2609. 10.1016/S0769-2609(86)80021-7. 3426156 .

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Kluyvera ascorbata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Farmer JJ, Fanning GR, Huntley-Carter GP, Holmes B, Hickman FW, Richard C, etal . Kluyvera, a new (redefined) genus in the family Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Kluyvera ascorbata sp. nov. and Kluyvera cryocrescens sp. nov. in clinical specimens. . J Clin Microbiol . 1981 . 13 . 5 . 919–33 . 10.1128/jcm.13.5.919-933.1981 . 7240403 . 273917 .