Family Enterobacteriaceae
Gram negative rods, not spore-forming, aerobic & facultatively anaerobic.  Oxidase
negative. Catalase positive except
Shigella dysenteriae and Xenorhabdus spp..  Most of
them grow readily on meat extract media. Chemoorganotrophic, metabolism respiratory &
fermentative. Acid is produced from the fermentation of glucose and other carbohydrates.
Other Enterobacteriaceae not included in ABIS
Alterococcus (A. agarolyticus), Brenneria (see Erwinia), Buchnera (B. aphidicola),
Calymmatobacterium (see Klebsiella), Dickeya  (see Erwinia), Pectobacterium (see
Erwinia), Photorhabdus (see Xenorhabdus), Raoultella (see Klebsiella), Sacharobacter
(
S. fermentatus), Samsonia (S. erythrinae), Sodalis (S. glossinidius ), Thorsellia (T.
anophelis),
Wigglesworthia (W. glossinidia).
Arsenophonus nasoniae
Hafnia alvei
Ewingella americana
Escherichia albertii, E. blattae, E. coli, E. coli 2 (inactive), E. fergusonii,
E. hermannii, E. vulneris
Erwinia amylovora, E. ananas, E. cacticida, E. carotovora, E. chrysanthemi,
E. cypripedii, E. mallotivora, E. nigrifluens, E. persicinus, E. psidii, E. quercina,
E. rhapontici, E. rubrifaciens, E. salicis, E. stewartii, E. tracheiphila, E. uredovora
Enterobacter aerogenes, E. agglomerans, E. amnigenus (1 & 2), E. asburiae, E. cloacae,
E. (Erwinia) dissolvens, E. gergoviae, E. hormaechei, E.  intermedius, E. (Erwinia)
nimipressuralis, E. sakazakii, E. taylorae (cancerogenus)
Edwardsiella hoshinae, E. ictaluri, E. tarda
Citrobacter amalonaticus, C. diversus, C. freundii
Buttiauxella agrestis
Budvicia aquatica
Cedecea davisae, C. lapagei, C. neteri
Klebsiella oxytoca, K. planticola, K. pneumoniae ozaenae, K.  
pneumoniae pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae rhinoscleromatis, K. terrigena
Providencia alcalifaciens, P. heimbachae, P. rettgeri,
P. rustigianii, P.stuartii
Proteus mirabilis, P. myxofaciens, P. penneri, P. vulgaris
Pragia fontium
Pantoea agglomerans, P. dispersa
Obesumbacterium proteus
Morganella morganii
Moellerella wisconsensis
Leclercia (Escherichia) adecarboxylata
Kluyvera ascorbata, K. cryocrescens
Leminorella grimontii, L. richardii
Rahnella aquatilis
Yokenella regensburgei (Koserella trabulsii)
Yersinia aldovae, Y. aleksiciae, Y. bercovieri, Y. enterocolitica, Y. fredriksenii, Y.
intermedia, Y. kristensenii, Y. mollaretii, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, Y.
rohdei, Y. ruckeri
Xenorhabdus beddingii, X. bovienii, X. luminescens, X.
nematophilus, X.  poinarii
Trabulsiella guamensis
Tatumella ptyseos
Serratia entomophila, S. ficaria, S. fonticola, S. grimesii, S. liquefaciens, S.
marcescens, S. odorifera,  S. plymuthica, S. proteamaculans, S. rubidaea
Salmonella bongori, S choleraesuis arizonae, S. choleraesuis choleraesuis,
S. choleraesuis diarizonae, S. choleraesuis houtenae, S. choleraesuis indica,
S. choleraesuis salamae
Shigella boydii / dysenteriae / flexneri, S. sonnei
Plesiomonas shigelloides
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