The taxonomy of Enterobacter species is rapidly changing. Herein we report a bloodstream infection isolate originally identified as Enterobacter cloacae by Vitek2 methodology that we found to be Kosakonia radicincitans using genetic means. Comparative whole genome sequencing of our isolate and other published Kosakonia genomes revealed these organisms lack the AmpC β-lactamase present on the ch...

Many attempts, based on biochemical properties, have been made to differentiate strains of the tribe Eschericheae-a biochemically heterogeneous collection of the Enterobacteriaceae-into genera. In the sixth edition of Bergey's Manual (Breed et al., 1948), these strains, if of animal origin, are classified into three genera: Escherichia, Aerobacter, and Klebsiella. The genus Aerobacter is subdiv...

Kun-jiao Zeng, Yohei Doi, Sandip Patil, Xi Huang, Guo-Bao Tian Program of Immunology, Institute of Human Virology, Institute of Tuberculosis Control, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Diseases Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medica...

Here, we report the draft genome sequence and annotation of plant growth promoting rhizobacterium Enterobacter cloacae SBP-8 isolated from the rhizosphere of Sorghum bicolor L. growing in desert region of Rajasthan, India. From the genome sequences, we identified the genes encoding plant growth promoting properties such as 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase (AcdS), phosphate solubilisa...

BACKGROUND 2,3-Butanediol (BD) is considered as one of the key platform chemicals used in a variety of industrial applications. It is crucial to find an efficient sugar-utilizing strain and feasible carbon source for the economical production of BD. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Efficient BD production by a newly isolated Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens SDM was studied using crop-biom...