Buttiauxella agrestis

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using a peritrichous flagella, non-spore forming, oxidase negative, catalase positive, ferments sugar, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes esculin. B. agrestis is commensal in the throat and pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals with wound infections or appendicitis.

**Synonyms:** - BUTTIAUXELLA AGRESTIS