NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase positive,
reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, oxidase, indole and urease negative and not susceptible
to erythromycin and penicillin. E. cancerogenus was isolated from the tree Populus
canadensis and is known to cause infection in cases of severe trauma.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter cancerogenus.;