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.
Lobotomies separated the prefrontal cortex (shown here in red) from the frontal lobes. View of the prefrontal cortex from the side. Lobotomy, also known as leucotomy, is a type of brain surgery. It was invented in 1935 by AntÃ³nio Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.