Klebsiella

See also: klebsiella

Translingual

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Etymology

From Klebs (“a surname”) +‎ -ella, after German microbiologist Edwin Klebs.

Proper noun

Klebsiella f

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain Gram-negative oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, some of which cause disease in humans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Klebsiella granulomatis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella ozaenae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis, Klebsiella terrigena (species)

Further reading

Klebsiella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Klebsiella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Klebsiella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Klebsiella at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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