Cedecea lapagei

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase negative, does not ferment sucrose, reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin. C. lapagei is pathogenic especially in immunocompromised patients.

**Synonyms:** - CEDECEA LAPAGEI