Enterobacter cloacae

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Enterobacter cloacae
Enterobacter cloacae on Tryptic Soy Broth agar.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Enterobacteriales Family: Enterobacteriaceae Genus: Enterobacter
Binomial name
Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960
Subspecies
E. c. subsp. cloacae E. c. subsp. dissolvens
Synonyms
Bacillus cloacae Jordan 1890 Bacterium cloacae (Jordan 1890) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 Cloaca cloacae (Jordan 1890) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 Aerobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Bergey et al. 1923 Aerobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1958 Erwinia dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Burkholder 1948 Pseudomonas dissolvens Rosen 1922 Bacterium dissolvens Rosen 1922 Phytomonas dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Rosen 1926 Aplanobacter dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Rosen 1926 Aerobacter dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Waldee 1945 Enterobacter dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Brenner et al. 1988

Enterobacter cloacae is a clinically significant Gram-negative, facultatively-anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.

• BioHazard Level: 1
• Growth Temperature: 30oC

Appropriate growth media:nutrient agar, nutrient broth

• Genomic sources for restriction enzymes (at this website):

Ecl136II, EclHKI, EclXI

• Gram Stain: Negative
• Respiration:Facultatively anaerobic
• Motility: Peritrichous flagella
• Taxonomy:

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacter

• Industrial implications:

Enterobacter cloacae has been used in a bioreactor based method for the biodegradation of explosives and in the biological control of plant diseases.

• Misc.:

Enterobacter cloacae is a rod-shaped bacterium that is oxidase-negative and catalase-positive.

• Human health:

Enterobacter cloacae is sometimes associated with urinary tract and respiratory tract infections.

[edit] See also

• Biohydrogen