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, does not ferment dulcitol and cannot grow on
cefsulodin irgasan novobiocin agar in culture. K. cryocrescens is normally found in
milk, water, sewage, soil and sputum, and is an opportunistic pathogen in the hospital
setting.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Kluyvera cryocrescens.;