| Escherichia fergusonii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Escherichia |
| Species: | E. fergusonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Escherichia fergusonii Farmer et al. 1985
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Escherichia fergusonii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped species of bacterium. Closely related to the well-known species Escherichia coli, E. fergusonii was first isolated from samples of human blood. The species is named for American microbiologist William W. Ferguson.[1]
- ^ Farmer JJ, 3rd; Fanning, GR; Davis, BR; O'Hara, CM; Riddle, C; Hickman-Brenner, FW; Asbury, MA; Lowery VA, 3rd; Brenner, DJ (January 1985). "Escherichia fergusonii and Enterobacter taylorae, two new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 21 (1): 77–81. doi:10.1128/JCM.21.1.77-81.1985. PMC 271579. PMID 3968204.
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