Enterobacter sakazakii

Patent Granted Cronobacter is the officially recognised bacterial genus name for the organism which before 2007 was named Enterobacter sakazakii. The name E. sakazakii should no longer be used as the genus name Cronobacter has been accepted in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, along with the description of the new species.[2][3] . It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, pathogenic bacterium. The majority of Cronobacter cases are in adults, and additionally it is associated with a rare cause of invasive infection of infants with historically high case fatality rates (40–80%).