Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (DSM 16657, ATCC 23373, CIP 105586)

Name: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (DSM 16657, ATCC 23373, CIP 105586)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 4371

Type strain

Strain Designation W-4, 8122-86

Culture col. no. DSM 16657 ATCC 23373 CIP 105586 ICMP 1570 NCPPB 1850 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 69219

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- ATCC <- M. P. Starr <- NRRL <- E. L. Waldee, Iowa State College, USA; W-4 ATCC 23373 <-- M. P. Starr ICPB ED 1-5 <-- NRRL B-154 <-- E. Waldee W-4. CIP <- 1998, D. Brenner, CDC: strain 8122-86 <- M.P. Starr <- NRRL B-154 <- E. Waldes: strain W-4, Phytomonas dissolvens <- H. Rosen

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Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens W-4 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile plant pathogen that was isolated from maize plant.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe plant pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 2213

LMG 2683,ATCC 23373,ICMP 1570,ICMP 1589,NCPPB 1850,NRRL B-154,PDDCC 1570,PDDCC 1589,CIP 105586,JCM 6049,DSM 16657,CCUG 25230,KACC 10526,BCRC 17673,CCRC 17673,BCRC 17449,CCRC 17449,VTT E-991144

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:42

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Enterobacteriaceae

Genus Enterobacter

Species Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens

Full scientific name Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Synonyms (3)

"Pseudomonas dissolvens"
Erwinia dissolvens
Enterobacter dissolvens

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
118314	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative		98.5
125438	negative		99.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6555	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
39321	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
118314	CIP Medium 29	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6555	positive	growth	28
39321	positive	growth	30
48160	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	37
118314	positive	growth	10-41
118314	negative	growth	5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
48160	aerobe
118314	facultative anaerobe
125439	aerobe	90.4

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		96.4

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
118314	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
118314	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	assimilation
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	fermentation
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
118314	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118314	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
118314	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
118314	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
118314	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+			from API 20E
118314	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole			-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118314	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
118314	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68368	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
118314	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68368	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	from API 20E
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
118314	gelatinase	-
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
118314	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
118314	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
118314	oxidase	-
118314	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
118314	tryptophan deaminase	-
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
118314	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
6555	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.
6555	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
118314	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
118314	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
118314	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
6555	maize plant
48160	Zea mays
118314	Corn

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z96079 (>99% sequence identity) for Salmonella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	163
Soil Samples	102
Animal Samples	2506
Plant Samples	224
Total Samples	2995

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity plant	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6555	yes, in single cases		1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118314			2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM966045v1 assembly for Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens ATCC 23373	contig	GCA_009660455	69219.9	69219	68.88

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Enterobacter dissolvens partial 16S rRNA gene, strain ATCC 23373	AJ417485	420	69219
20218	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain ATCC 23373 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HQ651841	1507	69219
20218	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae strain DSMZ 16657 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KF516256	1347	336306
20218	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU078570	991	69219
20218	Enterobacter dissolvens LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA	Z96079	1495	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain ATCC 23373 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	ON820233	890	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain ATCC 23373 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OP818071	1402	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OP835885	1386	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens isolate NIO-Zn3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KJ847720	1379	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	PP859361	750	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	PQ373052	734	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens isolate NIO-Cu3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KJ847716	1375	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK537371	492	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens isolate NIO-Zn1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KJ847719	1388	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK537358	583	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	PP859003	725	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	PQ373171	730	69219
124043	Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain LMG 2683(T) 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MT212231	1460	69219

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	54.5-55.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens ATCC 23373
NCBI: GCA_009660455

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	96.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	72.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	90.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens strain ATCC 23373
PATRIC: 69219.9

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.32	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.77	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	64.21	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	99.50	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	82.77	no

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Metabolism	Engineered E. coli W enables efficient 2,3-butanediol production from glucose and sugar beet molasses using defined minimal medium as economic basis.	Erian AM, Gibisch M, Pflugl S.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-018-1038-0	2018
Metabolism	Identification of Soil Microbes Capable of Utilizing Cellobiosan.	Lian J, Choi J, Tan YS, Howe A, Wen Z, Jarboe LR.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0149336	2016
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Enzymology	Isolation and Characterization of Levoglucosan-Metabolizing Bacteria.	Arya AS, Hang MTH, Eiteman MA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01868-21	2022
	Polymyxin resistance in Enterobacter cloacae complex in Brazil: phenotypic and molecular characterization.	Santos da Costa B, Peixoto RS, da Conceicao Neto OC, da Silva Pontes L, Tavares E Oliveira TR, Tavares Teixeira CB, de Oliveira Santos IC, Silveira MC, Silva Rodrigues DC, Pribul BR, Rocha-de-Souza CM, D 'Alincourt Carvalho-Assef AP.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1007/s42770-024-01464-1	2024
	Whole genome sequence-based molecular characterization of blood isolates of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex from ICU patients in Kolkata, India, during 2017-2022: emergence of phylogenetically heterogeneous Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis.	Halder G, Chaudhury BN, Mandal S, Denny P, Sarkar D, Chakraborty M, Khan UR, Sarkar S, Biswas B, Chakraborty A, Maiti S, Dutta S.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.03529-23	2024
	Cluster Differences in Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilm Formation, Mobility, and Virulence of Clinical Enterobacter cloacae Complex.	Liu S, Chen L, Wang L, Zhou B, Ye D, Zheng X, Lin Y, Zeng W, Zhou T, Ye J.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.814831	2022
	Prenatal versus Postnatal Initial Colonization of Healthy Neonates' Colon Ecosystem by the Enterobacterium Escherichia coli.	Al-Balawi M, Morsy FM.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.00379-21	2021
Pathogenicity	Characterization of resistance mechanisms of Enterobacter cloacae Complex co-resistant to carbapenem and colistin.	Liu S, Fang R, Zhang Y, Chen L, Huang N, Yu K, Zhou C, Cao J, Zhou T.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-021-02250-x	2021
Enzymology	Revisiting Species Identification within the Enterobacter cloacae Complex by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry.	Godmer A, Benzerara Y, Normand AC, Veziris N, Gallah S, Eckert C, Morand P, Piarroux R, Aubry A.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.00661-21	2021
	Growth-Promoting Effects of Ten Soil Bacterial Strains on Maize, Tomato, Cucumber, and Pepper Under Greenhouse Conditions.	Andelkovic J, Mihajilov Krstev T, Dimkic I, Unkovic N, Stankovic D, Jokovic N.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants14121874	2025
	First Case Report of Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter hormaechei in Clinical Sample from an Aborted Ruminant.	Zaitsev SS, Khizhnyakova MA, Feodorova VA.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10051036	2022
	Development of a One-Step Multiplex PCR Assay for Differential Detection of Four species (Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter hormaechei, Enterobacter roggenkampii, and Enterobacter kobei) Belonging to Enterobacter cloacae Complex With Clinical Significance.	Ji Y, Wang P, Xu T, Zhou Y, Chen R, Zhu H, Zhou K.	Front Cell Infect Microbiol	10.3389/fcimb.2021.677089	2021
Genetics	CABGen: A Web Application for the Bioinformatic Analysis of Bacterial Genomes.	Dure FM, Silveira MC, Rocha-de-Souza CM, Leao RS, de Oliveira Santos IC, Albano RM, Marques EA, D'Alincourt Carvalho-Assef AP, da Silva FAB.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.893474	2022
Phylogeny	dnaJ: a New Approach to Identify Species within the Genus Enterobacter.	Hernandez-Alonso E, Barreault S, Augusto LA, Jatteau P, Villet M, Tissieres P, Doucet-Populaire F, Bourgeois-Nicolaos N, SENSE Group.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01242-21	2021
	Survival of Salmonella in Tea Under Different Storage Conditions and Brewing Methods.	Shi A, Li S, Ma H, Du XJ, Wang S, Lu X.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.816667	2022
	CuO and CeO₂ Nanostructures Green Synthesized Using Olive Leaf Extract Inhibits the Growth of Highly Virulent Multidrug Resistant Bacteria.	Maqbool Q, Nazar M, Maqbool A, Pervez MT, Jabeen N, Hussain T, Franklin G.	Front Pharmacol	10.3389/fphar.2018.00987	2018
Phylogeny	Specific distribution within the Enterobacter cloacae complex of strains isolated from infected orthopedic implants.	Morand PC, Billoet A, Rottman M, Sivadon-Tardy V, Eyrolle L, Jeanne L, Tazi A, Anract P, Courpied JP, Poyart C, Dumaine V.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00290-09	2009
Enzymology	Molecular method for detection of total coliforms in drinking water samples.	Maheux AF, Boudreau DK, Bisson MA, Dion-Dupont V, Bouchard S, Nkuranga M, Bergeron MG, Rodriguez MJ.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00546-14	2014
Enzymology	Rapid concentration and molecular enrichment approach for sensitive detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella species in potable water samples.	Maheux AF, Bissonnette L, Boissinot M, Bernier JL, Huppe V, Picard FJ, Berube E, Bergeron MG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02337-10	2011
Phylogeny	Escherichia fergusonii and Enterobacter taylorae, two new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical specimens.	Farmer JJ, Fanning GR, Davis BR, O'Hara CM, Riddle C, Hickman-Brenner FW, Asbury MA, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.21.1.77-81.1985	1985
	Isolation and Characterization Identification of Edophytic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria from Peanut Nodules.	Van Chuong N, Le Kim Tri T.	Int J Microbiol	10.1155/2024/8973718	2024
	Physiochemical analyses and molecular characterization of heavy metal-resistant bacteria from Ilesha gold mining sites in Nigeria.	Ojo GJ, Onile OS, Momoh AO, Oyeyemi BF, Omoboyede V, Fadahunsi AI, Onile T.	J Genet Eng Biotechnol	10.1186/s43141-023-00607-5	2023
Enzymology	A potent cadmium bioaccumulating Enterobacter cloacae strain displays phytobeneficial property in Cd-exposed rice seedlings.	Ghosh A, Pramanik K, Bhattacharya S, Mondal S, Ghosh SK, Maiti TK.	Curr Res Microb Sci	10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100101	2022
	Synthesis, characterization and application of silk sericin-based silver nanocomposites for antibacterial and food coating solutions.	Shaw S, Mondal R, Dam P, Mandal A, Acharya R, Manna S, Gangopadhyay D, Mandal AK.	RSC Adv	10.1039/d4ra07056a	2024
	Deciphering the genetic and functional diversity of cultivable bacteria from chasmophytic pigweed (Chenopodium album) from Tsomoriri, Ladakh, India.	Das S, Verma S, Choudhary P, Singh R, Saxena AK.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-022-03278-0	2022
	Diversity of culturable bacteria endowed with antifungal metabolites biosynthetic characteristics associated with tea rhizosphere soil of Assam, India.	Dutta J, Thakur D.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-021-02278-z	2021
	Brevibacillus DesertYSK and Rhizobium MAP7 stimulate the growth and pigmentation of Lactuca sativa L.	Mowafy AM, Khalifa S, Elsayed A.	J Genet Eng Biotechnol	10.1186/s43141-023-00465-1	2023
	Boosting Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Production With Rhizobacteria From Various Plants in Saudi Arabia.	Daur I, Saad MM, Eida AA, Ahmad S, Shah ZH, Ihsan MZ, Muhammad Y, Sohrab SS, Hirt H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.00477	2018
	Mesorhizobium sp. J8 can establish symbiosis with Glycyrrhiza uralensis, increasing glycyrrhizin production.	Kusaba I, Nakao T, Maita H, Sato S, Chijiiwa R, Yamada E, Arima S, Kojoma M, Ishimaru K, Akashi R, Suzuki A.	Plant Biotechnol (Tokyo)	10.5511/plantbiotechnology.20.1124a	2021
Metabolism	Atrazine biodegradation efficiency, metabolite detection, and trzD gene expression by enrichment bacterial cultures from agricultural soil.	Solomon RD, Kumar A, Satheeja Santhi V.	J Zhejiang Univ Sci B	10.1631/jzus.b1300001	2013
	Whole genome sequencing of Enterobacter mori, an emerging pathogen of kiwifruit and the potential genetic adaptation to pathogenic lifestyle.	Zhang M, Zhang Y, Han X, Wang J, Yang Y, Ren B, Xia M, Li G, Fang R, He H, Jia Y.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-021-01290-w	2021
Genetics	Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria Recovered From an Amazonian Lake Near the City of Belém, Brazil.	Freitas DY, Araujo S, Folador ARC, Ramos RTJ, Azevedo JSN, Tacao M, Silva A, Henriques I, Barauna RA.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.00364	2019
Enzymology	16S rRNA gene based analysis of Enterobacter sakazakii strains from different sources and development of a PCR assay for identification.	Lehner A, Tasara T, Stephan R.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-4-43	2004
Phenotype	A native plant growth promoting bacterium, Bacillus sp. B55, rescues growth performance of an ethylene-insensitive plant genotype in nature.	Meldau DG, Long HH, Baldwin IT.	Front Plant Sci	10.3389/fpls.2012.00112	2012
Genetics	Draft genome sequence of a novel bacterial strain, LSJC7, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae with dual resistance to arsenic and tetracycline.	Su J, Ye J, Zhu Y	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.01652-12	2012
Phylogeny	A toxaphene-degrading bacterium related to Enterobacter cloacae, strain D1 isolated from aged contaminated soil in Nicaragua.	Lacayo-Romero M, Quillaguaman J, van Bavel B, Mattiasson B	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.015	2005
Phylogeny	Reassignment of enterobacter dissolvens to Enterobacter cloacae as E. cloacae subspecies dissolvens comb. nov. and emended description of Enterobacter asburiae and Enterobacter kobei.	Hoffmann H, Stindl S, Ludwig W, Stumpf A, Mehlen A, Heesemann J, Monget D, Schleifer KH, Roggenkamp A	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2004.12.010	2005
	Precise Species Identification for Enterobacter: a Genome Sequence-Based Study with Reporting of Two Novel Species, Enterobacter quasiroggenkampii sp. nov. and Enterobacter quasimori sp. nov.	Wu W, Feng Y, Zong Z.	mSystems	10.1128/msystems.00527-20	2020
Phylogeny	Enterobacter asburiae sp. nov., a new species found in clinical specimens, and reassignment of Erwinia dissolvens and Erwinia nimipressuralis to the genus Enterobacter as Enterobacter dissolvens comb. nov. and Enterobacter nimipressuralis comb. nov.	Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Kai A, Steigerwalt AG, Farmer JJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.23.6.1114-1120.1986	1986
Phylogeny	Enterobacter siamensis sp. nov., a transglutaminase-producing bacterium isolated from seafood processing wastewater in Thailand.	Khunthongpan S, Bourneow C, H-Kittikun A, Tanasupawat S, Benjakul S, Sumpavapol P	J Gen Appl Microbiol	10.2323/jgam.59.135	2013
Phylogeny	Mangrovibacter plantisponsor gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka).	Rameshkumar N, Lang E, Nair S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.008292-0	2009

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#6555	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16657
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
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#48160	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 25230
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
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