Tatumella

Ta·tu·mel·la (ta″tə-melґə) [Harvey W. Tatum, American bacteriologist, 1919–2001] a genus of gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, consisting of facultatively anaerobic, nonpigmented, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative rods; it is isolated from human clinical specimens, primarily from the respiratory tract and is probably an infrequent opportunistic pathogen. The sole species is T. ptyґseos.