cronobacter malonaticus cronobacter malonaticus cronobacter malonaticus, formerly considered a subspecies of cronobacter sakazakii, is a bacterium. its type strain is cdc 1058-77t (=lmg 23826t =dsm 18702t). cronobacter malonaticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: enterobacteriaceae genus: cronobacter species: c. malonaticus binomial name cronobacter malonaticusiversen et al. 2008