Escherichia hermannii

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| genus = Escherichia

| species = hermannii

| authority = Brenner et al. 1983

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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.{{cite journal|last1=Brenner|first1=DJ|last2=Davis|first2=BR|last3=Steigerwalt|first3=AG|last4=Riddle|first4=CF|last5=McWhorter|first5=AC|last6=Allen|first6=SD|last7=Farmer JJ|first7=3rd|last8=Saitoh|first8=Y|last9=Fanning|first9=GR|title=Atypical biogroups of Escherichia coli found in clinical specimens and description of Escherichia hermannii sp. nov.|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|date=April 1982|volume=15|issue=4|pages=703–13|doi=10.1128/JCM.15.4.703-713.1982|pmid=7040466|pmc=272169}}

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.{{cite journal|last1=Hata|first1=H|last2=Natori|first2=T|last3=Mizuno|first3=T|last4=Kanazawa|first4=I|last5=Eldesouky|first5=I|last6=Hayashi|first6=M|last7=Miyata|first7=M|last8=Fukunaga|first8=H|last9=Ohji|first9=S|last10=Hosoyama|first10=A|last11=Aono|first11=E|last12=Yamazoe|first12=A|last13=Tsuchikane|first13=K|last14=Fujita|first14=N|last15=Ezaki|first15=T|title=Phylogenetics of family Enterobacteriaceae and proposal to reclassify Escherichia hermannii and Salmonella subterranea as Atlantibacter hermannii and Atlantibacter subterranea gen. nov., comb. nov.|journal=Microbiology and Immunology|date=May 2016|volume=60|issue=5|pages=303–11|pmid=26970508|doi=10.1111/1348-0421.12374|s2cid=32594451|doi-access=free}} The LPSN considers the new name a synonym, not validly published (i.e. made outside of IJSB and IJSEM) under the ICNP.{{cite web |title=Species: Atlantibacter hermannii |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/atlantibacter-hermannii |website=lpsn.dsmz.de |language=en}} GTDB and NCBI agree with the 2016 reassignment.{{cite web |title=GTDB - Tree at g__Atlantibacter |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/tree?r=g__Atlantibacter |website=gtdb.ecogenomic.org}}{{cite web |title=Taxonomy browser (Atlantibacter) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=1903434&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}

Pathogenicity

E. hermannii is generally considered nonpathogenic but has been isolated from human wounds,{{cite journal|last1=Yamanaka|first1=T|last2=Sumita-Sasazaki|first2=Y|last3=Sugimori|first3=C|last4=Matsumoto-Mashimo|first4=C|last5=Yamane|first5=K|last6=Mizukawa|first6=K|last7=Yoshida|first7=M|last8=Hayashi|first8=H|last9=Nambu|first9=T|last10=Leung|first10=KP|last11=Fukushima|first11=H|title=Biofilm-like structures and pathogenicity of Escherichia hermannii YS-11, a clinical isolate from a persistent apical periodontitis lesion.|journal=FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology|date=August 2010|volume=59|issue=3|pages=456–65|pmid=20553325|doi=10.1111/j.1574-695x.2010.00700.x|doi-access=free}} eye infections,{{cite journal|last1=Poulou|first1=A|last2=Dimitroulia|first2=E|last3=Markou|first3=F|last4=Tsakris|first4=A|title=Escherichia hermannii as the sole isolate from a patient with purulent conjunctivitis.|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|date=November 2008|volume=46|issue=11|pages=3848–9|pmid=18768650|doi=10.1128/jcm.01119-08|pmc=2576600}}{{cite journal|last1=Pien|first1=FD|last2=Shrum|first2=S|last3=Swenson|first3=JM|last4=Hill|first4=BC|last5=Thornsberry|first5=C|last6=Farmer JJ|first6=3rd|title=Colonization of human wounds by Escherichia vulneris and Escherichia hermannii.|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|date=August 1985|volume=22|issue=2|pages=283–5|doi=10.1128/JCM.22.2.283-285.1985|pmid=3897270|pmc=268376}} and blood.{{cite journal|last1=Rank|first1=CU|last2=Lommer Kristensen|first2=P|last3=Schrøder Hansen|first3=D|last4=Brandi|first4=L|title=Catheter Related Escherichia hermannii Sepsis in a Haemodialysis Patient.|journal=The Open Microbiology Journal|date=2016|volume=10|pages=1–3|pmid=27006723|doi= 10.2174/1874285801610010001 |doi-access=free|pmc=4780465}}{{cite journal|last1=Ginsberg|first1=HG|last2=Daum|first2=RS|title=Escherichia hermannii sepsis with duodenal perforation in a neonate.|journal=The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal|date=March 1987|volume=6|issue=3|pages=300–2|pmid=3575017|doi=10.1097/00006454-198703000-00025}}{{cite journal|last1=Kaewpoowat|first1=Q|last2=Permpalung|first2=N|last3=Sentochnik|first3=DE|title=Emerging Escherichia pathogen.|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|date=August 2013|volume=51|issue=8|pages=2785–6|pmid=23740732|doi=10.1128/jcm.00983-13|pmc=3719625}}

References

External links

[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/565 UniProt Taxonomy: Escherichia hermannii]
[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=4927&submit=Search Type strain of Escherichia hermannii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

hermannii

Category:Gram-negative bacteria

Category:Bacteria described in 1983