Enterobacter

(microbiology) A genus of bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae; motile rods found in the intestine of humans and other animals; some strains are encapsulated.

A genus of straight gram-negative rods, lactose-fermenting bacteria of the tribe Klebsielleae of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Found chiefly in the environment in water and soil but are common invaders of tissues in contaminated wounds of animals and in opportunistic infections such as cystitis and pyelonephritis in cattle. E. aerogenes (syn. Klebsiella mobilis) is occasionally a cause of bovine mastitis, uterine infections in mares and the mastitis–metritis–agalactia syndrome in sows.

• E. cloacae — occasionally isolated from dogs and cats with septicemia.

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacteriales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Enterobacter Hormaeche & Edwards 1960
Species
E. aerogenes E. amnigenus E. agglomerans E. asburiae E. cancerogenous E. cloacae E. cowanii E. dissolvens E. gergoviae E. hormaechei E. intermedius E. kobei E. ludwigii E. nimipressuralis E. pyrinus E. sakazakii

Enterobacter is a genus of common Gram-negative, facultatively-anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Several strains of the these bacteria are pathogenic and cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised (usually hospitalized) hosts. The urinary and respiratory tract are the most common sites of infection.

Two clinically-important species from this genus are E. aerogenes and E. cloacae.

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