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Taxonomic Notes: Synonymy of Enterobacter cancerogenus (Uroevi 1966) Dickey and Zumoff 1988 and Enterobacter taylorae Farmer et al. 1985 and Resolution of an Ambiguity in the Biochemical Profile

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Esbjerg Hospital, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Statens Seruminstitut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

^* Corresponding author: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, P.O. Box 365, DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark. Phone: 45-99323207. Fax: 45-99323216.

ABSTRACT

The descriptions of Enterobacter taylorae and Enterobacter cancerogenus show differences in key reactions (ornithine decarboxylase and D-sorbitol fermentation) that have not received attention and are inconsistent with the synonymy proposed by Grimont and Ageron (P. A. D. Grimont and E. Ageron, Res. Microbiol. 140:459-465, 1989). A reassessment of the biochemical properties confirms that they are synonymous. We believe that the priority of E. cancerogenus should be maintained in diagnostic and clinical microbiology even if the epithet could be misunderstood in a clinical setting.