Escherichia albertii

Escherichia albertii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Escherichia
Species:	E. albertii
Binomial name
Escherichia albertii (Huys et al. 2003)

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,^[1][2] and was originally thought to be Hafnia alvei based on biochemical assays.^[1] The bacterium was reclassified in 2003 as a novel species based on its genetic features,^[3][4] and was named E. albertii in honour of the microbiologist who first described the species.^[5] 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,^[6][7] and can cause sporadic cases of bacteraemia.^[8] The species may be misidentified as Enteropathogenic E. coli due to its production of intimin.^[9][10] It is also responsible for disease or subclinical infection in domestic and wild birds, where it may be a reservoir for human disease.^{[6][11][12][13]}