| Morphology | Cedecea |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | Rod-shaped cells 0.5-0.6 x 1-2 um, |
| Motility | Most strains are motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Cedecea |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | Facultatively anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | D-Glucose is fermented with the production of acid and usually gas. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite |
| Enzymes | Negative for deoxyribonuclease and gelatinase The majority of strains are lipase-positive (for corn oil).. |
| Unique features | Resistant to the antibiotics colistin and cephalothin. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Isolated from human clinical specimens, usually from the respiratory tract. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | clinical significance is unknown |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Cedecea |
| G+C Mol % | 48-52 |
| Reference | Cedecea |
| First citation | Grimont,P.A.D., F.Grimont, J.J. Farmer III and M.A. Asbury (1981) Cedecea davisae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cedecea Lapagei sp. nov. , new Enteriobacteriaceae from clinical specimens. IJSB 31:317-326 |
| The Prokaryotes | P |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 514 J.J. Farmer |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 177 |
| References |