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Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium.

klebsiella

bacteria
Also known as: Klebsiella
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klebsiella, (genus Klebsiella), any of a group of rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Klebsiella organisms are categorized microbiologically as gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria. Klebsiella organisms occur in soil and water and on plants, and some strains are considered a part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. The genus is named for German physician and bacteriologist Edwin Klebs. Klebsiella pneumoniae, also called Friedländer’s bacillus, was first described in 1882 by German...

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