Morganella morganii
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Morganella morganii is a species of Gram-negative
bacillus
bacteria
. It is oxidase
-negative and conducts anaerobic respiration
. It causes a disease known as Summer Diarrhea.
Morganella morganii, being a member of the tribe Proteae of the family Enterobacteriaceae, is a Gram-negative bacillus with two subspecies: M. morganii and M. sibonii. This bacterium is found in the environment and in the intestinal tract of humans and other organisms. There are several symptoms that this bacterium can cause: sepsis, ecthyma, endophthalmitis, choirioamnionitis, and more commonly urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, meningitis, and septic arthritis. Some treatments may include the use of various antibiotics or a combination of the following: ciprofloxacin, piperacillin or tazobactam, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, imipenem, and cefuroxime monotherapy. A study conducted at the University Hospital at Heralkion, Crete, Greece showed a 92% success rate in the use of these antibiotics. Polymicrobial infections are most abundantly caused by this microbe which additionally damages the skin, soft tissues, and urogenital tract can be cured through use of the aforementioned antibiotics.
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain crystal violet dye in the Gram staining protocol. In a Gram stain test, a counterstain is added after the crystal violet, coloring all Gram-negative bacteria with a red or pink color...
bacillus
Bacillus (shape)
The word bacillus may be used to describe any rod-shaped bacterium, and such bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name Bacillus, capitalized and italicized, refers to a specific genus of bacteria...
bacteria
Bacteria
Bacteria are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals...
. It is oxidase
Oxidase
An oxidase is any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction reaction involving molecular oxygen as the electron acceptor. In these reactions, oxygen is reduced to water or hydrogen peroxide ....
-negative and conducts anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration is a form of respiration using electron acceptors other than oxygen. Although oxygen is not used as the final electron acceptor, the process still uses a respiratory electron transport chain; it is respiration without oxygen...
. It causes a disease known as Summer Diarrhea.
Morganella morganii, being a member of the tribe Proteae of the family Enterobacteriaceae, is a Gram-negative bacillus with two subspecies: M. morganii and M. sibonii. This bacterium is found in the environment and in the intestinal tract of humans and other organisms. There are several symptoms that this bacterium can cause: sepsis, ecthyma, endophthalmitis, choirioamnionitis, and more commonly urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, meningitis, and septic arthritis. Some treatments may include the use of various antibiotics or a combination of the following: ciprofloxacin, piperacillin or tazobactam, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, imipenem, and cefuroxime monotherapy. A study conducted at the University Hospital at Heralkion, Crete, Greece showed a 92% success rate in the use of these antibiotics. Polymicrobial infections are most abundantly caused by this microbe which additionally damages the skin, soft tissues, and urogenital tract can be cured through use of the aforementioned antibiotics.