Y. regensburgei Yokenella is a genus of bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Yokenella are Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacteria.
Strains of bacteria forming this genus were originally isolated from clinical samples, from the boxelder bug,[1] and from alligators.
[3] Yokenella is not an important pathogen, but it has been found in sporadic cases of finger osteitis,[4] necrotizing fasciitis,[5] in urinary tract infections,[6] and a few other diseases, some of which may have been caused by immunosupression.
[7] A draft genome sequence is 5,277,883 bp in size and has 5,416 genes.