NCIt definition : A species of Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.
This species is ornithine decarboxylase negative, cannot deaminate tryptophan, is
able to grow at 10 degrees Celsius and uses sorbose as a carbon source. R. terrigena
is a rare pathogen.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Raoultella terrigena.;