Ewingella

Ewingella

(yū'in-gel'ă), Newly named genus of bacteria (family Enterobacteriaciae) that are usually motile, produce acid but not gas from glucose, use citrate as a carbon source, and do not produce hydrogen sulfide on triple sugar; the type species is Ewingella americana, found in the human respiratory tract and recovered from cases of septicemia, usually in association with polymicrobial sepsis.