A Gram-negative bacterium that formed cream-colored colonies designated strain LF7 was isolated from soil collected in the Tambopata National Reserve in Madre de Dios, Peru. 16S rRNA sequence comparisons indicate that LF7 is a novel Enterobacter sp. closely related to E. asburiae JCM 6051T [AB004744] and E. aerogenes JCM 1235T [AB004750] based on their sequence homologies (p-distance: 1.06 and 1.19%, respectively). DNA G + C content was 52.8 mol% which is within the range reported for E. asburiae (55–57 mol%). The major cellular fatty acids present in the LF7 strain were C16:0 (27.3%), C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c (16.3%), C18:1 ω7c (16.1%), C17:0 cyclo (12.4%), C14:0 3-OH and/or C16:1 iso-I (8.9%), C14:0 (7.6%), C12:0 (3.9%), C17:0 (2.4%), C13:0 3-OH and/or C15:1 iso-H (1.7%), C13:0 (1.1%), and C18:2 ω6,9c and/or C18:0 ante (0.5%). The cellular fatty acid profile, G + C content, phenotypic and biochemical characteristics were consistent with its placement in the genus Enterobacter. The name Enterobacter soli is proposed for this bacterium.