rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, as those of thegenera Escherichia, Salmonella, and Shigella, occurring normally or pathogenically in the intestines of humans and other animals, and the genus Erwinia, occurring in plants
Also called: enterics
Derived forms
enterobacterial
adjective
Word origin
[1950–55; entero- + bacteria]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, allograph, hot line, point spread, speech recognitionentero- is a combining form meaning “intestine,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix entero- include: enterohepatitis, enteropneust, enterostomy, enterotoxemia, enterovirus
Examples of 'enterobacteria' in a sentence
enterobacteria
We found a 56% prevalence of enterobacteria and an 18% prevalence of coagulase-negativestaphylococci.
Marinésia A. Prado, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Miyeko Hayashid, Paula R. Souza, Milca S.Pereira, Elucir Gir 2002, 'Enterobactérias isoladas de baratas (Periplaneta americana) capturadas em um hospitalbrasileiro Enterobacteria isolated from cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) capturedin a Brazilian hospital', Revista Panamericana de Salud Públicahttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892002000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Enterobacteria and pseudomonads isolated from leaves were predominantly endophytic.
Marcelo Ferreira Fernandes, Roberta Pereira Miranda Fernandes, Luciana da Silva Rodrigues 2001, 'Bactérias diazotróficas associadas a coqueiros na região de baixada litorânea em SergipeDiazotroph bacteria associated to coconut palms in a coastal lowland region in SergipeState, Brazil', Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2001001200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A statistically significant (p absence of enterobacteria was observed in packaged samples.
Rosa A. Menéndez, Eugenia Rendueles, José J. Sanz, Jesús A. Santos, María C. García-Fernández 2018, 'Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of diverse Spanish cured meatproducts', CyTA - Journal of Foodhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19476337.2017.1379560. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Five stool samples were tested employing classic methods for the isolation and identification of enterobacteria.
Ivete Aparecida Zago Castanheira de Almeida, Jacqueline Tanury Macruz Peresi, ElisabeteCardiga Alves, Denise Fusco Marques, Inara Siqueira de Carvalho Teixeira, Sonia Izaurade Lima e Silva, Sandra Regina Ferrari Pigon, Monique Ribeiro Tiba, Sueli AparecidaFernandes 2015, 'Salmonella Alachua: causative agent of a foodborne disease outbreak', Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015000288. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
High quinolone resistance rates were observed among oxyiminocephalosporin-resistant enterobacteria.
Giovanna Rincon Cruz, Marcela Radice, Samantha Sennati, Lucia Pallecchi, Gian MariaRossolini, Gabriel Gutkind, Jose Alejandro Di Conza 2013, 'Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants among oxyiminocephalosporin-resistantEnterobacteriaceae in Argentina', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000700924&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both the enterobacteria and the coagulase-negative staphylococci showed significantresistance to antimicrobials, including oxacillin.
Marinésia A. Prado, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Miyeko Hayashid, Paula R. Souza, Milca S.Pereira, Elucir Gir 2002, 'Enterobactérias isoladas de baratas (Periplaneta americana) capturadas em um hospitalbrasileiro Enterobacteria isolated from cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) capturedin a Brazilian hospital', Revista Panamericana de Salud Públicahttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892002000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bifidobacteria demonstrate an antagonistic correlation with enterobacteria and enterococci.
Ravinder Nagpal, Takashi Kurakawa, Hirokazu Tsuji, Takuya Takahashi, Kazunari Kawashima,Satoru Nagata, Koji Nomoto, Yuichiro Yamashiro 2017, 'Evolution of gut Bifidobacterium population in healthy Japanese infants over the firstthree years of life: a quantitative assessment', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-10711-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Characteristics independently associated with the presence of resistant enterobacteria were assessed by logistic regression.
Mirian Cristina Oliveira, Clara Rodrigues Alves Oliveira, Karine Valéria Gonçalves,Marciléa Silva Santos, Amanda Cristina Silva Tardelli, Vandack Alencar Nobre, Jr. 2015, 'Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third generation cephalosporins upon hospital admission:risk factors and clinical outcomes', Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015000732. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aerobic total, total coliform, enterobacteria and staphylococcus were counted by the spread-plate method.
Chaiba, A., Rhazi Filali, F. 2011, 'Impact des opérations d'abattage dans les tueries traditionnelles sur la qualité bactériologiquede la viande de volaille à Meknès (Maroc)', Tropiculturahttp://www.tropicultura.org/text/v29n3/161.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)