A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Eggerthella

Species associated with infection - E. lenta (previously Eubacterium lentum)

Reported infections - rectal abscess

From faecal flora - significance as pathogen poorly defined

References - Kageyama, A., Benno, Y., Nakase, T. (1999). Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Eubacterium lentum to the genus Eggerthella as Eggerthella lenta gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 49, 1725-1732.

 

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