Enterobacteriaceae

• A family of Gram-negative bacteria
• Non-spore-forming, glucose-fermenting facultative anaerobes
• Medically important bacteria within the family includes:
  • Citrobacter species
  • Edwardsiella species
  • Enterobacter species
  • Escherichia coli and Shigella species
  • Hafnia species
  • Klebsiella species
  • Morganella morganii
  • Panoea agglomerans
  • Plesiomonas shigelloides
  • Proteus species
  • Providencia species
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Serratia marcescens
  • Yersinia species