''Escherichia hermannii'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

species of

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. Strains of this species were originally isolated from human wounds,

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, and stool. The species is named for American microbiologists George J. Hermann and Lloyd G. Herman. A 2016 publication proposed reclassifying ''E. hermannii'' as a species of a new genus within the

Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae is a large family (biology), family of Gram-negative bacteria. It was first proposed by Rahn in 1936, and now includes over 30 genera and more than 100 species. Its classification above the level of family is still a subject ...

, '' Atlantibacter'', a change which would rename the species to ''Atlantibacter hermannii''.

Pathogenicity

''E. hermannii'' is generally considered nonpathogenic but has been isolated from human wounds, eye infections, and blood.

References

External links

UniProt Taxonomy: Escherichia hermanniiType strain of ''Escherichia hermannii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
hermannii Gram-negative bacteria Bacteria described in 1983 {{Enterobacterales-stub