Cedecea davisae

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using 5 to 9 flagella, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase positive, ferments sucrose, reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and only weakly hydrolyzes esculin. C. davisae is pathogenic to immunocompromised patients causing super infections and nosocomially acquired bacteremia.

**Synonyms:** - CDC Enteric Group 15 - CEDECEA DAVISAE