NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, gram negative, coccobacilli shaped bacteria
in the Phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is nonsporulating, oxidase and catalase
positive, hydrolyzes casein and produces acid from glucose, trehalose and gluconate.
C. violaceum is found ubiquitously in nature as a saprophyte in soil and water indigenous
to tropical regions and is a rare pathogen in humans.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Chromobacterium
violaceum.;