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''Pantoea agglomerans'' is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Formerly called ''Enterobacter agglomerans'', this bacterium is known to be an opportunistic pathogen in the immunocompromised, causing wound, blood, and urinary-tract infections. It is commonly isolated from plant surfaces, seeds, fruit (e.g. mandarin oranges), and animal or human feces. It is difficult to differentiate ''Pantoea'' spp. from other members of this family, such as ''Enterobacter'', ''Klebsiella'', and ''Serratia'' species. However, ''Pantoea'' does not utilize the amino acids lysine, arginine, and ornithine, a characteristic that sets it apart from the other genera. (Winn, ''et al.''; "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology", Sixth Edition, 2006: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins) ''Pantoea agglomerans'' is found in the gut of locusts, which have adapted to use the guaiacol that ''Pantoea agglomerans'' produces to initiate swarming of locusts.〔(Nature, Pheromones: Exploitation of gut bacteria in the locust )〕 It is also commonly found as a symbiont in the gut of mosquitoes, where it has been genetically engineered to produce antimalaria effector molecules, reducing the prevalence of Plasmodium by up to 98% 〔(Wang, Sibao, et al. "Fighting malaria with engineered symbiotic bacteria from vector mosquitoes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109.31 (2012): 12734-12739. )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pantoea agglomerans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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