Klebsiella
See also: klebsiella
Translingual
editEtymology
editNamed after German-Swiss microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
editKlebsiella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain gram-negative oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, some of which cause disease in humans.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Klebsiella pneumoniae - type species; Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella grimontii, Klebsiella michiganensis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae, Klebsiella quasivariicola, Klebsiella variicola - selected other species
References
edit- Klebsiella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Klebsiella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Klebsiella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Klebsiella in the Genome Taxonomy Database