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title: Raoultella terrigena
description: This short, straight rod occurs singly, in pairs, and in short chains. It is nonmotile. Gram reaction is negative. Gas is produced from sugars; hydrogen sulfide is not produced. It is an environmental isolate, found in drinking water, surface waters,…
url: "https://vumicro.com/docs/raoultella-terrigena/"
updated: "2022-03-24"
category: Reference Library / Gram negative bacilli
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# Raoultella terrigena

This short, straight rod occurs singly, in pairs, and in short chains. It is nonmotile. Gram reaction is negative. Gas is produced from sugars; hydrogen sulfide is not produced. It is an environmental isolate, found in drinking water, surface waters, soil, and sewage. Its presence as a reported pathogen is limited to rare instances of sepsis in patients after severely invasive surgeries. Growth is at 10-37 C.

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