NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole
and oxidase negative and catalase positive. E. hoshinae is an occasional opportunist
pathogen in humans and a pathogen in reptiles and amphibians.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Edwardsiella hoshinae.;