NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, oxidase negative, ferments sucrose, hydrolyzes
esculin and reduces nitrate. E. asburiae is endophytic in many plant species and an
opportunistic pathogen in humans, causing community acquired pneumonia.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter asburiae.;