NCIt related terms : Enterobacter aerogenes; Aerobacter aerogenes; Klebsiella mobilis;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase and indole negative, catalase and
citrate positive, ferments lactose and is considered a coliform bacteria. K. aerogenes
is found in the gastrointestinal tract and is an opportunistic pathogen commonly acquired
nosocomially, causing skin, soft tissue, respiratory, urinary tract and eye infections.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Klebsiella aerogenes.;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping