| Morphology | Providencia |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Straight rods, 0.6-0.8 x 1.5-2.5 um |
| Motility | Motile by peritrichous flagella. Swarming does not occur |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Providencia |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | Facultatively anaerobic |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | Produce acid from one or more of the following polyhydric alcohols: inositol, D-mannitol, adonitol, D-arabitol, erythritol. Acid is produced from mannose. Indole-positive. Citrate (Simmons') and tartrate (Jordan) are utilized |
| Enzymes | Oxidatively deaminate phenylalanine and tryptophan |
| Unique features | ... |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Isolated from diarrhetic stools, urinary tract infections, wounds, burns, and bacteremias. |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Providencia |
| G+C Mol % | 39-42% |
| (Falkow et al. 1962) |
| Reference | Providencia |
| First citation | Ewing, W. H. (1962) The Tribe Proteeae: Its nomenclature and toxonomy. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon 12:93-102 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 494 J.L. Penner |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 185 |
| References |