cronobacter turicensis cronobacter turicensis cronobacter turicensis is a bacterium. it is usually food-borne and pathogenic. it is named after turicum, the latin name of zurich, as the type strain originates from there. its type strain is strain 3032 (=lmg 23827t =dsmz 18703t). this strain was first isolated from a fatal case of neonatal meningitis. c. turicensis strains are indole negative but malonate, dulcitol and methyl-α-d-glucopyranoside positive. cronobacter turicensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: enterobacteriaceae genus: cronobacter species: c. turicensis binomial name cronobacter turicensisiversen et al. 2007