NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase
and indole positive, oxidase negative, positive for lysine decarboxylase, and can
grow on cefsulodin irgasan novobiocin agar in culture. K. ascorbata is rarely isolated
from humans and tends to be pathogenic only in immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Kluyvera ascorbata.;