Hafnia (bacterium)
| Hafnia | |
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| Hafnia alvei cultures | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacteriales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Hafnia Møller, 1954 |
| Species | |
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H. alvei | |
Hafnia is the genus of the Enterobacteriaceae family whose only species is the Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium Hafnia alvei.
H. alvei is a commensal of the human gastrointestinal tract and not normally pathogenic, but may cause disease in immunocompromised patients. It is often resistant to multiple antibiotics, including the aminopenicillins.
The name comes from Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen.
References
- Much of the content of this article comes from the corresponding German-language Wikipedia article and the article for Copenhagen.
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