Escherichia blattae

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, indole, citrate, and urease negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and ferments xylose, but not mannitol. E. blattae was isolated from the hind-gut of cockroaches and is nonpathogenic to humans.

**Synonyms:** - ESCHERICHIA BLATTAE - Shimwellia blattae