Enterobacteriaceae / Enterobacteria

Facultative anaerobic bacteria, such as Enterobacteriaceae / Enterobacteria, may be capable of diverting nutrients away from the host by metabolizing fermentation products when oxygen is present
Faber et al. 2017 PLOS Pathog.13: e1006129
Spiga et al. 2017 Cell Host Microbe 22: 291
Bronner et al. 2018 Cell Host Microbe 23: 266

As the most abundant SCFA, acetate is produced by most enterobacteria from pyruvate via acetyl-CoA and also via the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway by acetogens
Louis et al. 2014 Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 12: 661-672
Koh et al. 2016 Cell 165: 1332

A wide range of human Diseases / Disorders are associated with a severe disruption of the balanced gut microbial ecosystem , often characterized by an expansion of facultative anaerobic Enterobacteriaceae
Shin et al. 2015 Trends Biotechnol 33: 496

Enterobacteriaceae expansion may play an important role in the pathogenesis of human diseases and should be considered a microbial signature of intestinal dysbiosis
Byndloss 2020 Science 369: 153A

All members of the Enterobacteriaceae family are classified as glucose fermenters because they can metabolize glucose anaerobically. Within this family, maltose fermentation differentiates between different species of Proteus bacteria
Reiner 2012

In the healthy colon, the pathogen Enterobacteriaceae are a minor constituent of microbiota
Eckburg et al. 2005

In summary, Enterobacteria have the potential for either harmful pathogenic effects or for health-promoting functions Salminen et al. 1998

see also:
Acetate-producing bacteria