Pragia fontium

Cross Index	Pragia fontium
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram negative Facultatively Anaerobic rods Enterobacteriaceae,
Compare	Enterobacteriaceae, Arsenophonus nasoniae, Buttiauxella agrestis, Cedecea, Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Escherichia, Ewingella americana, Hafnia alvei, Klebsiella, Kluyvera, Leclercia adecarboxylata, Leminorella, Moellerella wisconsensis, Morganella morganii, Obesumbacterium proteus, Pantoea, Pragia fontium Proteus, Providencia, Rahnella aquatilis, Salmonella, Serratia, Shigella, Tatumella plyseos, Xenorhabdus, Yersina, Yohenella regensburgei Vibrionacae, Aeromonas, Enhydrobacter aerosaccus, Photobacterium, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Vibrio Pasteurellaceae, Actinobacillus, Hemophilus, Pasteurella Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, Cardiobacterium hominis, Chromobacterium, Eikenella corrodens, Gardnerella vaginalis, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Zymomonas
Contrast	Archaea,
Subset

Tropism	chemoorganotrophs with respiratory and fermentative metabolsim
Oxygen	facultive anaerobe
pH
Temperature	optimum 37 ^oC
Requirements
Products	indole negative, Voges Proskauer negative methyl red positive, Simmons citrate positive H₂S produced does not grow on KCN does not use malonate, nitrates reduced ferments glaactose and may feremtn glycerol, inisotol and salicin. Other commonly tested carbohydrates are not fermented
Enzymes	oxidase negative, catalase positive, lysine decarboxylase negative, orithine decarboxylase negative, arginine dihydrolase negative urease negative
Unique features

Habitat	isolated from drinking water. One isolate from human stool
Lifestyle
Pathogenicity