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Citrobacter MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Citrobacter
Tree Number(s)
B03.440.450.425.200
B03.660.250.150.100
Unique ID
D002954
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002954
Annotation
in soil, water & sometimes intestine; infection: coordinate with ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS
Scope Note
A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped enterobacteria that can use citrate as the sole source of carbon.
Registry Numbers
txid544
Previous Indexing
Enterobacteriaceae (1966-1974)
Escherichia (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note
79; was see under ENTEROBACTERIACEAE 1976-78; was see under ESCHERICHIA 1974-75
Online Note
search ESCHERICHIA 1974
History Note
79(75); was see under ENTEROBACTERIACEAE 1976-78; was see under ESCHERICHIA 1974-75
Date Introduced
1979/01/01
Last Updated
2020/08/13
Citrobacter Preferred
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