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The EnterobacteriaceaeBasic Properties
Dr. John R. WarrenDepartment of PathologyNorthwestern University
Feinberg School of MedicineJune 2007
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Characteristics of the Enterobacteriaceae
• Gram-negative rods
• Glucose is fermented with strong acid formation and often gas
• Cytochrome oxidase activity is negative
• Nitrate is reduced to nitrite
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Gram’s Stain for Bacterial Morphology
• Crystal violet binds to cell wall peptidoglycan with Gram’s iodine as a mordant
• Safranin or basic fuchsin counterstains bacterial cells decolorized by alcohol-acetone
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Gram’s Stain for Bacterial Morphology
• Thick cell-wall peptidoglycan layer of gram-positive bacteria strongly binds crystal violet and resists decolorization by alcohol-acetone
• Thin cell-wall peptidoglycan layer of gram-negative bacteria located beneath a thick lipid-rich outer membrane weakly binds crystal violet that is readily removed by alcohol-acetone decolorization
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Gram’s Stain Procedure
• Flood surface of smear with crystal violet solution• After 1 min thoroughly rinse with cold tap water• Flood smear with Gram’s iodine for 1 min• Rinse smear with acetone-alcohol decolorizer until
no more crystal violet in rinse effluent• Rinse with cold tap water• Flood smear with safranin (regular Gram’s stain) or
basic fuchsin (enhanced Gram’s stain)• Rinse with cold tap water• Dry smear in slide rack• Microscopically examine stained smear using oil-
immersion light microscopy
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Glucose Fermentation• Oxidation-reduction of glucose in the absence of molecular oxygen
(anaerobic glycolysis)• Energy from hydrolysis of chemical bonds in anaerobic glycolysis
captured as high energy phosphate bonds of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• NAD is reduced to NADH2 by accepting electrons during glycolytic conversion of glucose to pyruvate
• NADH2 in turn reduces pyruvate with oxidation of NADH2 to NAD which supports continued anaerobic glycolysis, and generation from pyruvate of alcohols, carboxylic acids, and CO2 gas
• End products of glucose fermentation: organic acids and CO2 gas• Fermentation detected by acidification of glucose-containing broth
(color change in broth or agar medium containing pH indicators), and (for aerogenic species) production of gas (fractures in agar, gas bubbles in inverted Durham tube)
• pH indicators: phenol red (yellow at acid pH), methyl red (red at acid pH), neutral red (red at acid pH), bromcresol purple (yellow at acid pH)
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Spot Cytochrome Oxidase Test
• The spot cytochrome oxidase test is the first test performed with gram-negative bacteria recovered in culture
• The optimal plate medium for a spot cytochrome oxidase test is a trypticase soy agar (TSA) containing 5% sheep blood
• Bacterial colonies should be 18 to 24 hr old
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Spot Cytochrome Oxidase Test
• In a positive test, bacterial cytochrome oxidase oxidizes the colorless reduced substrate tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (TPDD) forming a dark purple oxidized indophenol product
• Streak a small portion of bacterial colony to filter paper soaked with a 1% solution of TPDD
• If the streak mark turns purple in 10 sec or less, the spot oxidase test is interpreted as positive
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Nitrate Reduction
• Enterobacteriaceae extract oxygen from nitrate (NO3) producing nitrite (NO2)
• NO2 detected by reaction with α-naphthylamine and sulfanilic acid producing a red colored complex
• Absence of red color indicates either no reduction of NO3 or reduction to products other than NO2 (denitrification)
• Confirmation of true negative test: addition of zinc ions which reduce NO3 to NO2 producing a red color in the presence of α-naphthylamine and sulfanilic acid
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Enterobacteriaceae: Genetic Properties
• Chromosomal DNA has 39-59% guanine-plus-cytosine (G+C) content
• Escherichia coli is the type genus and species of the Enterobacteriaceae
• Species of Enterobacteriaceae more closely related by evolutionary distance to Escherichia coli than to organisms of other families (Pseudomonadaceae, Aeromonadaceae)
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Enterobacteriaceae: Major Genera
• Escherichia• Shigella• Salmonella • Edwardsiella• Citrobacter • Yersinia• Klebsiella• Enterobacter• Serratia• Proteus• Morganella • Providencia
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Enterobacteriaceae: Microbiological Properties
• Gram-negative and rod shaped (bacilli)• Ferment rather than oxidize D-glucose
with acid and (often) gas production• Reduce nitrate to nitrite• Grow readily on 5% sheep blood or
chocolate agar in carbon dioxide or ambient air
• Grow anaerobically (facultative anaerobes)
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Enterobacteriaceae: Microbiological Properties
• Catalase positive and cytochrome oxidase negative
• Grow readily on MacConkey (MAC) and eosin methylene blue (EMB) agars
• Grow readily at 35oC except Yersinia (25o-30oC)
• Motile by peritrichous flagella except Shigella and Klebsiella which are non-motile
• Do not form spores
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Enterobacteriaceae: Natural Habitats
• Environmental sites (soil, water, and plants)
• Intestines of humans and animals
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Enterobacteriaceae: Modes of Infection
• Contaminated food and water (Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli O157:H7)
• Endogenous (urinary tract infection, primary bacterial peritonitis, abdominal abscess)
• Abnormal host colonization (nosocomial pneumonia)
• Transfer between debilitated patients• Insect (flea) vector (unique for Yersinia
pestis)
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Enterobacteriaceae: Types of Infectious Disease
• Intestinal (diarrheal) infection• Extraintestinal infection
Urinary tract (primarily cystitis)Respiratory (nosocomial pneumonia)Wound (surgical wound infection)Bloodstream (gram-negative bacteremia)Central nervous system (neonatal meningitis)
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Enterobacteriaceae: Urinary Tract Infection, Pneumonia
• Urinary tract infection: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., and Proteus mirabilis
• Pneumonia: Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Proteus mirabilis
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Enterobacteriaceae: Wound Infection, Bacteremia
• Wound Infection: Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis
• Bacteremia: Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis
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Enterobacteriaceae: Nosocomial Infections in the United States
1986-1989 and 1990-19961 • Escherichia coli 27,871 (13.7%)• Enterobacter spp. 12,757 (6.2%)• Klebsiella pneumoniae 11,015 (5.4%)• Proteus mirabilis 4,662 (2.3%)• Serratia marcescens 3,010 (1.5%)• Citrobacter spp. 2,912 (1.4%)1Enteric Reference Laboratory, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
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Enterobacteriaceae: Intestinal Infection
• Shigella sonnei (serogroup D)
• Salmonella serotype Enteritidis
• Salmonella serotype Typhimurium
• Shigella flexneri (serogroup B)
• Escherichia coli O157:H7
• Yersinia enterocolitica
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Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar
• Yeast extract 0.3% (% = grams/100 mL)
• Beef extract 0.3%• Peptone 1.5%• Proteose peptone 0.5%
Total Protein = 2.6%• Lactose 1.0%• Sucrose1 1.0%• Glucose 0.1%
Carbohydrate = 2.1%1Absent in Kligler Iron Agar
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Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar
• Ferrous sulfate
• Sodium thiosulfate
• Sodium chloride
• Agar (1.2%)
• Phenol red
• pH = 7.4
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TSI Reactions of the Enterobacteriaceae
• Yellow deep, purple slant: acid deep due to glucose fermentation , no lactose or sucrose fermentation with alkaline slant due to production of amine’s from protein
• Black deep, purple slant: acid deep due to glucose fermentation with H2S production, no lactose or sucrose fermentation
• Yellow deep and slant: acid deep and slant due to glucose as well as lactose and/or sucrose fermentation
• Black deep and yellow or black slant: acid deep and slant with glucose and lactose and/or sucrose fermentation with H2S production
• Fracturing or lifting of agar from base of culture tube: CO2 production
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TSI Reactions of the Enterobacteriaceae
• A/A + g = acid/acid plus gas (CO2)
• A/A = acid/acid
• A/A + g, H2S = acid/acid plus gas, H2S
• Alk/A = alkaline/acid• Alk/A + g = alkaline/acid plus gas
• Alk/A + g, H2S = alkaline/acid plus gas, H2S
• Alk/A + g, H2S (w) = alkaline/acid plus gas, H2S (weak)
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A/A + g
• Escherichia coli• Klebsiella pneumoniae• Klebsiella oxytoca• Enterobacter aerogenes• Enterobacter cloacae• Serratia marcescens1, 2
1Non-lactose, sucrose fermenter255% + g
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A/A
• Serratia marcescens1, 2
• Yersinia enterocolitica2
145% of strains2Non-lactose, sucrose fermenter
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A/A + g, H2S
• Citrobacter freundii
• Proteus vulgaris1
1Non-lactose, sucrose fermenter
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Alk/A
• Shigella
• Providencia
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Alk/A + g
• Salmonella serotype Paratyphi A
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Alk/A + g, H2S
• Salmonella (most serotypes)
• Proteus mirabilis
• Edwardsiella tarda
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Alk/A + g, H2S (w)
• Salmonella serotype Typhi
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MacConkey (MAC) Agar• Peptone 1.7%• Polypeptone 0.3%• Lactose1 1.0%• Bile salts2 0.15%• Crystal violet2
• Neutral red3
• Sodium chloride 0.5%• Agar 1.35%• pH=7.1
1Differential medium for lactose fermentation
2Inhibit gram positives and fastidious gram-negatives; MAC agar selective for gram-negatives
3Red color at pH < 6.8
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Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) Agar (Levine)
• Peptone 1.0%• Lactose1 0.5%• Eosin y2
• Methylene blue2
• Agar• pH = 7.2
1Modified formula also contains sucrose (0.5%)
2Inhibit gram-positives and fastidious gram-negatives; selective for gram-negatives. Eosin y and methylene blue form a precipitate at acid pH; differential for lactose fermentation
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Bacterial Utilization of Lactose
• Presence of β-galactoside permease: Transport of β-galactoside (lactose) across the bacterial cell wall
• Presence of β-galactosidase: Hydrolysis of β-galactoside bond (lactoseglucose + galactose)
• ONPG: Orthonitrophenyl-β-D-galacto-
pyranoside
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Differential Reactions of the Enterobacteriaceae by TSI,
ONPG, and MAC• Escherichia coli Red colonies,
(A/A, ONPG+) pitted• Klebsiella1 Red colonies,
(A/A, ONPG+) mucoid• Enterobacter Red colonies
(A/A, ONPG+)• Citrobacter2 Red or colorless
(A/A or Alk/A, ONPG+) colonies• Serratia Colorless colonies
(A/A, ONPG+)
1K. pneumoniae, indole –, K. oxytoca, indole +2C. freundii, indole – and H2S +, C. koseri, indole + and H2S –
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Differential Reactions of the Enterobacteriaceae by TSI,
ONPG, and MAC• Shigella Colorless Colonies
(Alk/A; ONPG – A, B, and C1; ONPG + D1)• Salmonella Colorless Colonies
(Alk/A + H2S; ONPG –)• Proteus Colorless Colonies
(Alk/A + H2S2; ONPG –)• Edwardsiella tarda Colorless Colonies
(Alk/A + H2S; ONPG–)• Yersinia Colorless Colonies
(A/A, ONPG +)
1Shigella A, B, and C, ornithine –; Shigella D, ornithine +2Proteus mirabilis. P. vulgaris sucrose + with A/A + H2S on TSI
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Differential Reactions of the Enterobacteriaceae by EMB
• Escherichia coli Colonies with metallic green sheen
• Klebsiella Colonies with precipitate (ppt)
and mucoid appearance• Enterobacter Colonies with ppt• Citrobacter Colonies with/without ppt• Serratia Colonies without ppt• Shigella Colonies without ppt• Salmonella Colonies without ppt• Proteus Colonies without ppt• Yersinia Colonies without ppt
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ONPG Reaction and Lactose Fermentation (Lac)
ONPG Lac
Escherichia coli + +
Shigella sonnei + –
Citrobacter + +/–
Yersinia enterocolitica + –
Klebsiella + +
Serratia marcescens + –
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Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate (XLD) Agar: Composition
• Xylose 0.35%• Lysine 0.5%• Lactose 0.75%• Sucrose 0.75%• Sodium chloride 0.5%• Yeast extract 0.3%• Sodium deoxycholate 0.25%• Sodium thiosulfate• Ferric ammonium citrate• Agar 1.35%• Phenol red• pH = 7.4
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XLD Agar: Growth of Salmonella
• Salmonella selective due to bile salt.
• Xylose fermentation (except Salmonella serotype Paratyphi A) acidifies agar activating lysine decarboxylase. With xylose depletion fermentation ceases, and colonies of Salmonella (except S. Paratyphi A) alkalinize the agar due to amines from lysine decarboxylation.
• Xylose fermentation provides H+ for H2S production (except S. Paratyphi A).
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XLD Agar: Appearance of Salmonella
• Ferric ammonium citrate present in XLD agar reacts with H2S gas and forms black precipitates within colonies of Salmonella.
• Agar becomes red-purple due to alkaline pH produced by amines.
• Back colonies growing on red-purple agar-presumptive for Salmonella.
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XLD Agar: Growth of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae are lysine-positive coliforms that are also lactoseand sucrose fermenters. The high lactose and sucrose concentrations result in strong acid production, which quenches amines produced by lysine decarboxylation. Colonies and agar appear bright yellow. Neither Escherichia coli nor Klebsiella pneumoniae produce H2S.
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XLD Agar: Growth of Shigella and Proteus
• Shigella species do not ferment xylose, lactose, and sucrose, do not decarboxylate lysine, and do not produce H2S. Colonies appear colorless.
• Proteus mirabilis ferments xylose, and thereby provides H+ for H2S production. Colonies appear black on an agar unchanged in color (Proteus deaminates rather than decarboxylates amino acids). Proteus vulgaris ferments sucrose, and colonies appear black on a yellow agar.
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Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar: Composition
• Peptone 1.2%• Yeast extract 0.3%• Bile salts 0.9%• Lactose 1.2%• Sucrose 1.2%• Salicin 0.2%• Sodium chloride 0.5%• Ferric ammonium citrate• Acid fuchsin• Thymol blue• Agar 1.4%• pH = 7.6
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HE Agar: Growth of Enteric Pathogens and Commensals
• High bile salt concentration inhibits growth of gram-positive and gram-negative intestinal commensals, and thereby selects for pathogenic Salmonella (bile-resistant growth) present in fecal specimens.
• Salmonella species as non-lactose and non-sucrose fermenters that produce H2S form colorless colonies with black centers.
• Shigella species (non-lactose and non-sucrose fermenters, no H2S production) form colorless colonies.
• Lactose and sucrose fermenters (E. coli, K. pneumoniae) form orange to yellow colonies due to acid production.
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Salmonella-Shigella Agar
• Beef extract 0.5%• Peptone 0.5%• Bile salts 0.85%• Sodium citrate 0.85%• Brilliant green dye Trace• Lactose 1.0%• Sodium thiosulfate 0.85%• Ferric citrate 0.1%• Neutral red• Agar 1.4%• pH = 7.4
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Salmonella-Shigella (SS) Agar
• Bile salts, citrates, and brilliant green dye inhibit gram-positives and most gram-negative coliforms
• Lactose the sole carbohydrate• Sodium thiosulfate a source of sulfur for H2S
production• Salmonella forms transparent colonies with black
centers• Shigella forms transparent colonies without
blackening• Lactose fermentative Enterobacteriaceae produce
pink to red colonies with bile precipitate for strong lactose fermenters
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Use of Selective-Differential Agars for Recovery of the Enterobacteriaceae from
Different Types of Specimens• Feces1: MAC or EMB + XLD &/or SS or HE2
• Sputum and Urine1: MAC or EMB• Wound3:MAC or EMB • Peritoneal and pleural fluid4: MAC or EMB• Subculture of blood positive for gram-negative’s in broth
culture4: MAC or EMB• CSF, pericardial fluid, synovial fluid, bone marrow5: Not
required
1Heavy population of commensal bacteria2Utilized with enrichment broth containing selenite or mannitol to differentially inhibit enteric commensals3Commensal bacteria (skin) and frequent polymicrobial etiology 4Possible polymicrobial etiology (normally sterile fluids)5Normally sterile, unimicrobial etiology predominant
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Selectivity of Differential Agars for Salmonella1 and Shigella2
• HE or SS agar (absence of lactose fermentation1,2, H2S production1)
• XLD agar (absence of lactose fermentation1,2, H2S production1, lysine decarboxylation1)
• MAC or EMB agar (absence of lactose fermentation1,2)
• TSI agar (glucose fermentation1,2, absence of lactose fermentation1,2, H2S production1)
Descending Order of Selectivity for Salmonella and Shigella
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Recommended Reading
Winn, W., Jr., Allen, S., Janda, W., Koneman, E.,
Procop, G., Schrenckenberger, P., Woods, G.
Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of
Diagnostic Microbiology, Sixth Edition,
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006:• Chapter 5. Medical Bacteriology: Taxonomy,
Morphology, Physiology, and Virulence.• Chapter 6. The Enterobacteriaceae.
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Recommended Reading
Murray, P., Baron, E., Jorgensen, J., Landry,
M., Pfaller, M.
Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 9th
Edition, ASM Press, 2007:
• Farmer, J.J., III, Boatwright, K.D., and Janda J.M. Chapter 42. Enterobacteriaceae: Introduction and Identification