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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 Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Citrobacter MeSH Descriptor Data 2025