NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, ferments lactose,
indole negative, lysine decarboxylase negative and does not produce acid from sorbitol.
E. amnigenus is an opportunistic pathogen in humans and can be found in water and
soil.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter amnigenus.;