| Citrobacter | |
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| Citrobacter freundii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen, 1932 |
| Species | |
Citrobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped[2] coliform bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family.
Citrobacter spp. cause opportunistic infections (including urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, and bacteremia).[2]
- ^ a b c Parte, A.C. "Citrobacter". LPSN. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine" [Medical Dictionary of the Academy of Medicine]. www.academie-medecine.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-13.