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Enterobacter cloacae
Definition 1
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. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Enterobacter cloacae. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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