Escherichia hermannii

Escherichia hermannii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped species of bacterium. Strains of this species were originally isolated from human wounds, sputum, and stool. The species is named for American microbiologists George J. Hermann and Lloyd G. Herman.[1]

Escherichia hermannii
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Kingdom:
Eubacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Enterobacterales
Family:
Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:
Escherichia
Species:
E. hermannii
Binomial name
Escherichia hermannii
Brenner et al. 1983

A 2016 publication proposed reclassifying E. hermannii as a species of a new genus within the Enterobacteriaceae, Atlantibacter, a change which would rename the species to Atlantibacter hermannii.[2]

Pathogenicity

E. hermannii is generally considered nonpathogenic but has been isolated from human wounds,[3] eye infections,[4][5] and blood.[6][7][8]

References
  1. Brenner, DJ; Davis, BR; Steigerwalt, AG; Riddle, CF; McWhorter, AC; Allen, SD; Farmer JJ, 3rd; Saitoh, Y; Fanning, GR (April 1982). "Atypical biogroups of Escherichia coli found in clinical specimens and description of Escherichia hermannii sp. nov". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 15 (4): 703–13. PMC 272169. PMID 7040466.
  2. Hata, H; Natori, T; Mizuno, T; Kanazawa, I; Eldesouky, I; Hayashi, M; Miyata, M; Fukunaga, H; Ohji, S; Hosoyama, A; Aono, E; Yamazoe, A; Tsuchikane, K; Fujita, N; Ezaki, T (May 2016). "Phylogenetics of family Enterobacteriaceae and proposal to reclassify Escherichia hermannii and Salmonella subterranea as Atlantibacter hermannii and Atlantibacter subterranea gen. nov., comb. nov". Microbiology and Immunology. 60 (5): 303–11. doi:10.1111/1348-0421.12374. PMID 26970508.
  3. Yamanaka, T; Sumita-Sasazaki, Y; Sugimori, C; Matsumoto-Mashimo, C; Yamane, K; Mizukawa, K; Yoshida, M; Hayashi, H; Nambu, T; Leung, KP; Fukushima, H (August 2010). "Biofilm-like structures and pathogenicity of Escherichia hermannii YS-11, a clinical isolate from a persistent apical periodontitis lesion". FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 59 (3): 456–65. doi:10.1111/j.1574-695x.2010.00700.x. PMID 20553325.
  4. Poulou, A; Dimitroulia, E; Markou, F; Tsakris, A (November 2008). "Escherichia hermannii as the sole isolate from a patient with purulent conjunctivitis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46 (11): 3848–9. doi:10.1128/jcm.01119-08. PMC 2576600. PMID 18768650.
  5. Pien, FD; Shrum, S; Swenson, JM; Hill, BC; Thornsberry, C; Farmer JJ, 3rd (August 1985). "Colonization of human wounds by Escherichia vulneris and Escherichia hermannii". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 22 (2): 283–5. PMC 268376. PMID 3897270.
  6. Rank, CU; Lommer Kristensen, P; Schrøder Hansen, D; Brandi, L (2016). "Catheter Related Escherichia hermannii Sepsis in a Haemodialysis Patient". The Open Microbiology Journal. 10: 1–3. doi:10.2174/1874285801610010001. PMC 4780465. PMID 27006723.
  7. Ginsberg, HG; Daum, RS (March 1987). "Escherichia hermannii sepsis with duodenal perforation in a neonate". The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 6 (3): 300–2. doi:10.1097/00006454-198703000-00025. PMID 3575017.
  8. Kaewpoowat, Q; Permpalung, N; Sentochnik, DE (August 2013). "Emerging Escherichia pathogen". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51 (8): 2785–6. doi:10.1128/jcm.00983-13. PMC 3719625. PMID 23740732.


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