NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, oxidase, urease and
indole negative, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, does not degrade pectate and
produces acid from sorbitol. E. cloacae is associated with hospital-acquired urinary
and respiratory tract infections and is used in industry for explosives biodegradation.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter cloacae.;