| Ewingella americana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Yersiniaceae |
| Genus: | Ewingella |
| Species: | E. americana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ewingella americana Grimont et al. 1984[1]
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Ewingella americana is a Gram-negative rod, and the only species in the genus Ewingella. It was first identified and characterized in 1983. Ewingella is in the family Yersiniaceae. The organism is rarely reported as a human pathogen, though it has been isolated from a variety of clinical specimens, including wounds, sputum, urine, stool, blood, synovial fluid,[2] conjunctiva, and peritoneal dialysate.[3] The bacterium is named in honor of William H. Ewing, an American biologist who contributed to modern taxonomy.
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