Serratia marcescens

[sə‚rā·shē·ə mär′ses·əns]

(microbiology)

A human pathogen that is intrinsically resistant to many antimicrobials (for example, cephalosporins, polymyxins, and nitrofurans) and occurs predominantly in hospitalized patients.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Serratia Marcescens

a species of bacteria among the pigmented microorganisms. The gram-negative, motile, peritrichous, nonspore-forming bacilli are 0.6–1.0 micrometer long and 0.5 micrometer wide. According to metabolism, the bacteria are facultatively anaerobic. On an agar surface they form smooth or grainy dark and bright red columns with a metallic shine. Serratiamarcescens live in the soil, in water, and in foodstuffs. The bacteria develop in milk and on bread when there is increased moisture. The milk and bread turn reddish and may not be sold. The bacteria are a potential pathogen for animals and man and can cause suppuration.

References in periodicals archive

Biodegradation of palmarosa oil (green oil) by Serratia marcescens. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol.

Biochemical identification techniques and antibiotic susceptibility profile of lipolytic ambiental bacteria from effluents/Tecnicas de identificacao bioquimica e perfil de suscetibilidade antibiotica de bacterias ambientais lipoliticas de efluentes

Nosocomial infections with Serratia marcescens are beginning to take a large scale in neonatal intensive care unit, often in epidemic form.

An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Moroccan Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Due to the production of AmpC beta-lactamase, Serratia marcescens is generally resistant to penicillins and first- and second-generation cephalosporins, making it imperative to consider susceptibilities when determining appropriate antibiotic therapy [15].

A Complicated Case of Serratia marcescens Infective Endocarditis in the Era of the Current Opioid Epidemic

Antibiotic resistance and putative virulence factors of Serratia marcescens with respect to O and K serotypes.

Petroleum biodegrading and co-resistance to antibiotics by Serratia marcescens strain isolated in Coari, Amazonas/Biodegradacao do petroleo e corresistencia a antibioticos por Serratia marcescens isolada em Coari, Amazonas

20 6.2 Serratia marcescens 18 5.6 Serratia liquefaciens 1 0.3 Serratia funticola 1 0.3 Escherichia coli 4 1.2 Enterobacter spp.

A retrospective evaluation of blood cultures in a pediatric intensive care unit: a three year evaluation

Serratia marcescens septic sternoclavicular joint arthritis: A case report.

Escobar Sendromlu Bir Olguda Serratia Marcescens Septik Artriti/Serratia Marcescens Septic Arthritis in a Case of Escobar Syndrome

Cerebral abscess caused by Serratia marcescens in a premature neonate.

Serratia marcescens infection or hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in neonates: is magnetic resonance imaging a problem-solving tool?

The model used for ChiA from Serratia marcescens (Equation 1) fit satisfactorily to the experimental data with colloidal chitin, while for 4-MUF kinetics the Michaelis-Menten equation for substrate inhibition fit better (Figure 6B).

A broad pH range and processive chitinase from a metagenome library

In nonvenomous snakes, such as Python regius and Clelia scyntalina, Serratia marcescens, M.

Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest

The rest of the AmpC b-lactamase producers were Klebsiella pneumoniae 8 (5.7%), Citrobacter freundii 8 (5.7%), Klebsiella oxytoca 4 (2.8%), Serratia marcescens 3 (2.1%), Acinetobacter baumannii 2 (1.4%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (0.7%) and Aeromonas hydrophila 1 (0.7%) (Table-I).

Detection of AmpC b-lactamase producing bacteria isolated in neonatal sepsis