what is elizabethkingia
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a Gram negative rod shaped bacteria widely distributed in nature (e.g. fresh water, salt water, or soil). It may be normally present in fish and frogs but is not normally present in the human microflora.n 1994, it was reclassified in the genus Chryseobacterium and renamed Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (chryseos = golden in Greek, so Chryseobacterium means a golden/yellow rod similar to Flavobacterium).