Elizabethkingia meningoceptica

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of obligately aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is catalase, oxidase and indole positive, does not reduce nitrate, urease negative and hydrolyzes esculin. E. meningoceptica is pathogenic, being the causative agent of meningitis in newborns.

**Synonyms:** - Chryseobacterium meningosepticum - Chryseobacterium meningosepticum - ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOCEPTICA - Flavobacterium meningosepticum - Flavobacterium meningosepticum