Escherichia albertii

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Escherichia

| species = albertii

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Escherichia albertii is a Gram-negative species of bacteria within the same genus as E. coli. It was recognised to cause disease after being isolated from the stools of children with diarrhea in Bangladesh,{{Cite journal |last1=Albert |first1=M J |last2=Alam |first2=K |last3=Islam |first3=M |last4=Montanaro |first4=J |last5=Rahaman |first5=A S |last6=Haider |first6=K |last7=Hossain |first7=M A |last8=Kibriya |first8=A K |last9=Tzipori |first9=S |date=1991 |title=Hafnia alvei, a probable cause of diarrhea in humans |journal=Infection and Immunity |language=en |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=1507–1513 |doi=10.1128/iai.59.4.1507-1513.1991 |issn=0019-9567 |pmc=257869 |pmid=2004829}}{{Cite journal |last1=Albert |first1=M. J. |last2=Faruque |first2=S. M. |last3=Ansaruzzaman |first3=M. |last4=Islam |first4=M. M. |last5=Haider |first5=K. |last6=Alam |first6=K. |last7=Kabir |first7=I. |last8=Robins-Browne |first8=R. |date=1992 |title=Sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Hafnia alvei |url=https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310 |journal=Journal of Medical Microbiology |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=310–314 |doi=10.1099/00222615-37-5-310 |pmid=1433251 |issn=1473-5644}} and was originally thought to be Hafnia alvei based on biochemical assays. The bacterium was reclassified in 2003 as a novel species based on its genetic features,{{Cite journal |last1=Ridell |first1=J |last2=Siitonen |first2=A |last3=Paulin |first3=L |last4=Lindroos |first4=O |last5=Korkeala |first5=H |last6=Albert |first6=M J |date=1995 |title=Characterization of Hafnia alvei by biochemical tests, random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR, and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA gene |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |language=en |volume=33 |issue=9 |pages=2372–2376 |doi=10.1128/jcm.33.9.2372-2376.1995 |issn=0095-1137 |pmc=228415 |pmid=7494030}}{{Cite journal |last1=Janda |first1=J. Michael |last2=Abbott |first2=Sharon L. |last3=Albert |first3=M. John |date=1999 |title=Prototypal Diarrheagenic Strains of Hafnia alvei Are Actually Members of the Genus Escherichia |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=2399–2401 |doi=10.1128/JCM.37.8.2399-2401.1999 |issn=0095-1137 |pmc=85237 |pmid=10405374}} and was named E. albertii in honour of the microbiologist who first described the species.{{cite journal |last1=Huys |first1=Geert |last2=Cnockaert |first2=Margo |last3=Janda |first3=J. Michael |last4=Swings |first4=Jean |year=2003 |title=Escherichia albertii sp. nov., a diarrhoeagenic species isolated from stool specimens of Bangladeshi children |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=807–810 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02475-0 |pmid=12807204 |doi-access=free}} E. albertii differs from typical E. coli in being nonmotile and unable to ferment lactose.

As a human gastrointestinal pathogen, E. albertii is often linked to food- or water-borne outbreaks of disease,{{Cite journal |last1=Bengtsson |first1=Rebecca J. |last2=Baker |first2=Kate S. |last3=Cunningham |first3=Andrew A. |last4=Greig |first4=David R. |last5=John |first5=Shinto K. |last6=Macgregor |first6=Shaheed K. |last7=Seilern-Moy |first7=Katharina |last8=Spiro |first8=Simon |last9=Chong |first9=Charlotte C. |last10=De Silva |first10=P. Malaka |last11=Jenkins |first11=Claire |last12=Lawson |first12=Becki |date=2023-03-27 |title=The genomic epidemiology of Escherichia albertii infecting humans and birds in Great Britain |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=1707 |doi=10.1038/s41467-023-37312-3 |issn=2041-1723 |pmc=10043262 |pmid=36973246|bibcode=2023NatCo..14.1707B }}{{Cite journal |last1=Masuda |first1=Kanako |last2=Ooka |first2=Tadasuke |last3=Akita |first3=Hiroko |last4=Hiratsuka |first4=Takahiro |last5=Takao |first5=Shinichi |last6=Fukada |first6=Mami |last7=Inoue |first7=Kaori |last8=Honda |first8=Mikiko |last9=Toda |first9=Junko |last10=Sugitani |first10=Wakana |last11=Narimatsu |first11=Hiroshi |last12=Ishioka |first12=Taisei |last13=Hirai |first13=Shinichiro |last14=Sekizuka |first14=Tsuyoshi |last15=Kuroda |first15=Makoto |date=2020-02-01 |title=Epidemiological Aspects of Escherichia albertii Outbreaks in Japan and Genetic Characteristics of the Causative Pathogen |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/fpd.2019.2654 |journal=Foodborne Pathogens and Disease |language=en |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=144–150 |doi=10.1089/fpd.2019.2654 |pmid=31603704 |s2cid=204331363 |issn=1535-3141|url-access=subscription }} and can cause sporadic cases of bacteraemia.{{Cite journal |last1=Inglis |first1=T. J. J. |last2=Merritt |first2=A. J. |last3=Bzdyl |first3=N. |last4=Lansley |first4=S. |last5=Urosevic |first5=M. N. |date=2015-11-01 |title=First bacteraemic human infection with Escherichia albertii |journal=New Microbes and New Infections |volume=8 |pages=171–173 |doi=10.1016/j.nmni.2015.07.003 |issn=2052-2975 |pmc=4877401 |pmid=27257499}} The species may be misidentified as Enteropathogenic E. coli due to its production of intimin.{{Cite journal |last1=Ooka |first1=Tadasuke |last2=Seto |first2=Kazuko |last3=Kawano |first3=Kimiko |last4=Kobayashi |first4=Hideki |last5=Etoh |first5=Yoshiki |last6=Ichihara |first6=Sachiko |last7=Kaneko |first7=Akiko |last8=Isobe |first8=Junko |last9=Yamaguchi |first9=Keiji |last10=Horikawa |first10=Kazumi |last11=Gomes |first11=Tânia A. T. |last12=Linden |first12=Annick |last13=Bardiau |first13=Marjorie |last14=Mainil |first14=Jacques G. |last15=Beutin |first15=Lothar |date=2012 |title=Clinical Significance of Escherichia albertii - Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC |url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-1401_article |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=488–492 |language=en-us |doi=10.3201/eid1803.111401 |pmc=3309589 |pmid=22377117}}{{Cite journal |last1=Yamamoto |first1=Denise |last2=Hernandes |first2=Rodrigo T. |last3=Liberatore |first3=Ana Maria A. |last4=Abe |first4=Cecilia M. |last5=Souza |first5=Rodrigo B. de |last6=Romão |first6=Fabiano T. |last7=Sperandio |first7=Vanessa |last8=Koh |first8=Ivan H. |last9=Gomes |first9=Tânia A. T. |date=2017-02-08 |title=Escherichia albertii, a novel human enteropathogen, colonizes rat enterocytes and translocates to extra-intestinal sites |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=e0171385 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0171385 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5298312 |pmid=28178312|bibcode=2017PLoSO..1271385Y }} It is also responsible for disease or subclinical infection in domestic and wild birds, where it may be a reservoir for human disease.{{Cite journal |last1=Hinenoya |first1=Atsushi |last2=Li |first2=Xing-Ping |last3=Zeng |first3=Ximin |last4=Sahin |first4=Orhan |last5=Moxley |first5=Rodney A. |last6=Logue |first6=Catherine M. |last7=Gillespie |first7=Barbara |last8=Yamasaki |first8=Shinji |last9=Lin |first9=Jun |date=2021 |title=Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii in poultry at the pre-harvest level |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zph.12812 |journal=Zoonoses and Public Health |language=en |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=213–225 |doi=10.1111/zph.12812 |pmid=33528112 |s2cid=231765097 |issn=1863-1959|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Oaks |first1=J. Lindsay |last2=Besser |first2=Thomas E. |last3=Walk |first3=Seth T. |last4=Gordon |first4=David M. |last5=Beckmen |first5=Kimberlee B. |last6=Burek |first6=Kathy A. |last7=Haldorson |first7=Gary J. |last8=Bradway |first8=Dan S. |last9=Ouellette |first9=Lindsey |last10=Rurangirwa |first10=Fred R. |last11=Davis |first11=Margaret A. |last12=Dobbin |first12=Greg |last13=Whittam |first13=Thomas S. |date=2010 |title=Escherichia albertii in Wild and Domestic Birds |url=http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-0695_article.htm |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=638–646 |doi=10.3201/eid1604.090695 |issn=1080-6040 |pmc=3321939 |pmid=20350378}}{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Huiwen |last2=Zhang |first2=Li |last3=Cao |first3=Liu |last4=Zeng |first4=Ximin |last5=Gillespie |first5=Barbara |last6=Lin |first6=Jun |date=2022-04-01 |title=Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii originated from the broiler farms in Mississippi and Alabama |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113522000499 |journal=Veterinary Microbiology |volume=267 |pages=109379 |doi=10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109379 |pmid=35219009 |s2cid=247069093 |issn=0378-1135|url-access=subscription }}