NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, does
not produce H2S in TSI agar, grows in media containing KCN, produces acid from adonitol
and D-arabitol and does not decarboxylate lysine. C. koseri is found in soil, water,
sewage and food and is a commensal organism of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts
of humans but may become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Citrobacter koseri.;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping