| Morganella morganii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacteriales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Tribe: | Proteeae[1] |
| Genus: | Morganella |
| Species: | M. morganii |
| Subspecies: | M. m. morganii M. m. sibonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Morganella morganii Winslow et al., 1919 Fulton, 1943 Brenner et al., 1978[2] |
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Morganella morganii is a species of Gram-negative bacillus bacteria.[1] It is oxidase-negative and conducts anaerobic respiration. It causes a disease known as Summer Diarrhea.
Morganella morganii, being a member of the tribe Proteae of the family Enterobacteriaceae, is a Gram-negative bacillus with two subspecies: M. morganii and M. sibonii. This bacterium is found in the environment and in the intestinal tract of humans and other organisms. There are several symptoms that this bacterium can cause: sepsis, ecthyma, endophthalmitis, choirioamnionitis, and more commonly urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, meningitis, and septic arthritis. Some treatments may include the use of various antibiotics or a combination of the following: ciprofloxacin, piperacillin or tazobactam, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, imipenem, and cefuroxime monotherapy. A study conducted at the University Hospital at Heralkion, Crete, Greece showed a 92% success rate in the use of these antibiotics. Polymicrobial infections are most abundantly caused by this microbe which additionally damages the skin, soft tissues, and urogenital tract can be cured through use of the aforementioned antibiotics.