Infections Associated with Pantoea Bacteria. Pantoea bacteria belong to a large group of organisms of the Enterobacteriaceae family, also called enteric bacilli. All members of Enterobacteriaceae are Gram-negative bacilli or coccobacilli ranging from 0.3 Âµm to 1.0 Âµm wide by 0.6 Âµm to 6.0 Âµm long. When Gram-stained, all Enterobacteriaceae look alike.
The noun LOBOTOMY has 1 sense: 1. surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes. Familiarity information: LOBOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain psychiatric disorders but now rarely performed. A surgical incision into one or more of the nerve masses in the front of the brain. A lobotomy may be performed for the relief of certain mental disorders, although it has been largely abandoned in favor of less radical treatments.