Providencia (bacterium)

Providencia

Providencia alcalifaciens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacteriales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Providencia Ewing 1962
Species
P. stuartii P. sneebia P. rettgeri P. rustigianii P. heimbachae P. burhodogranariea P. alcalifaciens

Providencia is a Gram-negative, motile bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Some strains (P. stuartii, for example) are opportunistic pathogens in humans and can cause urinary tract infections, particularly in patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters or extensive severe burns. Other strains (for example P. burhodogranariea and P. sneebia) are found in the haemolymph of Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies.

Some strains are sensitive to ampicillin.