| Proteus penneri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacteriales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Proteus |
| Species: | P. penneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Proteus penneri Hickman et al. 1982 |
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Proteus penneri is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod shaped bacterium. The species was formerly called Proteus vulgaris indole negative or P. vulgaris biogroup 1 but was found to be genetically distinct from P. vulgaris. [1]
P. penneri is a cause of nosocomial infections of the urinary tract or in open wounds.[2]