Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacter
Species
Enterobacter aerogenes
Discussions on the true taxonomy of E. aerogenes presently exist due to the genomic distance between E. cloacae and Klebsiella. Research shows that E. aerogenes is more closely related to Klebsiella (47-64%) than E. cloacae (44%).