Kingdom : Bacteria
Phylum : Proteobacteria
Class : Gammaproteobacteria
Order : Enterobacteriales
Family : Enterobacteriaceae Genus : Enterobacter ( Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria )
Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960, genus.
Type species: Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: “Cloaca” Castellani and Chalmers 1919, “Aerobacter” Hormaeche and Edwards 1958, not “Aerobacter” Beijerinck 1900, not “Enterobacter” Rahn 1937.
Etymology: Gr. n. enteron, intestine; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Enterobacter, intestinal small rod.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online – Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication:HORMAECHE (E.) and EDWARDS (P.R.): A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy, 1960, 10, 71-74.
Refrence : http://www.bacterio.net/