Edwardsiella hoshinae

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole and oxidase negative and catalase positive. E. hoshinae is an occasional opportunist pathogen in humans and a pathogen in reptiles and amphibians.

**Synonyms:** - EDWARDSIELLA HOSHINAE