Enterobacter cloacae Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
General information
Name
Enterobacter cloacae
Basonym
'Bacillus cloacae' Jordan 1890
Valid publication
1980
Effective publication
1960
Nomenclature type
NCTC 10005;NBRC 13535
;LMG 2783
;JCM 1232
;HAMBI 96;HAMBI 1295;DSM 30054
;CIP 60.85;CCUG 6323
;CCUG 29301
;CCUG 28448
;ATCC 13047
Etymology
L. gen. n. <i>cloacae</i>, of a sewer.
Ecology
Source
isolated from water, sewage, soil, meat, and hospital environments and on the skin and in the intestinal tracts of man and animals as a commensal.
Morphology
Cells are straight rods, (0.6-1.0 × 1.2-3.0 µm), motile by peritrichous flagella (generally 4-6).
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1.2-3.0 | 0.6-1.0 |
motility |
---|
- |
flagellum | arrangement |
---|---|
+ | peritrichous |
Physiology
Oxygen requirement
aerobic;facultatively anaerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
52-54 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
C/N source
positive results | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glucose | lactose | citrate | gluconate | D-glucosamine | L-malate | 2-ketogluconate | L-arabinose | D-fructose | D-galacturonate | D-glucose | D-trehalose | D-gluconate | D-mannitol | D-galactose | D-xylose | gentiobiose | D-glucuronate | D-mannose | D-cellobiose | L-rhamnose |
negative results | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glycerol | gelatin | tween 80 | L-arabitol | xylitol | 3-phenylpropionate | tryptamine | tricarballylate | itaconate | ethanolamine | myo-erythritol | D-tartrate | L-sorbose | glutarate | D-melezitose |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
C18:1 ω7c/12t/9t | 19.9 |
C16:1 ω7c | 19.1 |
C16:0 | 28.8 |
C14:0 3-OH and/or iso-C16:1 I | 6.0 |
cyclo C17:0 | 8.0 |
C14:0 | 6.3 |
Nitrate rdc
+
Taxonomy marker
AJ251469
Enterobacter cloacae
Create date: 10-DEC-1999
Length
1511
Topology
linear
Strandedness
double
Xref
Genomics
Submitter date: 2010/04/23 00:00 Update date: 2016/11/29 00:00
Source
TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University
Coverage
0
Assembly status
Complete Genome
Assembly class
haploid
Submitter date: 2014/11/18 00:00 Update date: 2015/03/02 00:00
Source
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Coverage
335
Assembly status
Scaffold
Assembly class
haploid
Submitter date: 2017/02/13 00:00 Update date: 2017/02/22 00:00
Source
California Department of Public Health
Coverage
74
Assembly status
Scaffold
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Jordan, E.O. A report on certain species of bacteria observed in sewage. In: W.T. Sedgewick (ed.), A Report of the Biological Work of the Lawrence Experiment Station, Including an Account of Methods Employed and Results Obtained in the Microscopical and Bacteriological Investigation of Sewage and Water. Report on Water Supply and Sewerage (Part II). The Report of theMassachusetts Board of Health (1890). pp. 821-844.
2
Hormaeche, E., and Edwards, P.R. A proposed genus Enterobacter. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomen. Taxon. (1960) 10:71-74.[DOI:10.1099/0096266X-10-2-71]
3
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225]
Note
The fatty acid profile of Enterobacter cloacae CCUG 6323 T is from the CCUG homepage (http://www.ccug.se/default.cfm?navID=1).