Kluyvera ascorbata

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

Kluyvera ascorbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Enterobacterales
Family:
Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:
Kluyvera
Species:
K. ascorbata
Binomial name
Kluyvera ascorbata
Farmer et al. 1981

References
  1. Farmer JJ, Fanning GR, Huntley-Carter GP, Holmes B, Hickman FW, Richard C, et al. (1981). "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. 13 (5): 919–33. PMC 273917. PMID 7240403.

Further reading
  • Sarria, Juan C.; Vidal, Ana M.; Kimbrough III, Robert C. (2001). "Infections Caused byKluyveraSpecies in Humans". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33 (7): e69–e74. doi:10.1086/322686. ISSN 1058-4838.
  • 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 (2010). "Multidrug resistant Kluyvera ascorbata septicemia in an adult patient: a case report". Journal of Medical Case Reports. 4 (1): 197. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4-197. ISSN 1752-1947. PMC 2907401.
  • Isozaki, Atsushi; Shirai, Kentaro; Mimura, Sho; Takahashi, Masaki; Furushima, Wakana; Kawano, Yutaka (2010). "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): 436–438. doi:10.1007/s10156-010-0067-3. ISSN 1341-321X.
  • Altwegg, M.; Zollinger-Iten, J.; von Graevenitz, A. (1986). "Differentiation of Kluyvera cryocrescens from Kluyvera ascorbata by irgasan susceptibility testing". Annales de l'Institut Pasteur / Microbiologie. 137 (1): 159–168. doi:10.1016/S0769-2609(86)80021-7. ISSN 0769-2609.


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