Editing Enterobacteriaceae (section)

==Morphology==
Members of the Enterobacteriaceae are [[bacillus (shape)|bacilli]] (rod-shaped), and are typically 1–5&nbsp;μm in length. They typically appear as medium to large-sized grey colonies on blood agar, although some can express pigments.

Most have many [[flagella]] used to move about, but a few genera are nonmotile. Most members of Enterobacteriaceae have peritrichous, type I [[fimbria (bacteriology)|fimbriae]] involved in the adhesion of the bacterial cells to their hosts.<ref name="Edwards">{{cite book | last1=Edwards | first1=P.R. | last2=Ewing | first2=W.H. | title=Identification of Enterobacteriaceae | publisher=Burgess Publishing Company | year=1972 | isbn=978-0-8087-0516-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgRrAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

They are not [[endospore|spore]]-forming.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cordier |first1=J-L. |title=17 - Enterobacteriaceae |journal=Emerging Foodborne Pathogens |series=Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition |date=1 January 2006 |pages=450–475 |doi=10.1533/9781845691394.2.450 |url=https://doi.org/10.1533/9781845691394.2.450 |publisher=Woodhead Publishing|isbn=978-1-85573-963-5 }}</ref>