Klebsiella

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Klebsiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Enterobacteriales Family: Enterobacteriaceae Genus: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885
Species
K. granulomatis K. mobilis K. ornithinolytica K. oxytoca K. ozaenae K. planticola K. pneumoniae K. rhinoscleromatis K. singaporensis K. terrigena K. trevisanii K. variicola

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Overview

Klebsiella is a genus of non-motile, Gram-negative, Oxidase-negative bacteria with a prominent polysaccharide-based capsule.^[1] Frequent human pathogens, Klebsiella organisms can lead to a wide range of disease states, notably pneumonia, urinary tract infections, septicemia, Ankylosing spondylitis, and soft tissue infections.^[1]

Klebsiella species are ubiquitous in nature.^[1]

Klebiella planticola is a bacterium produced by Genetic engineering.

The studies about this bacteria were first established in 1984, at the annual Conference of American Environmental Committee. It can ferment molasses into Ethanol, living in the root tips of the corn. The bacterium can adversely affect the growth of the plant.

References

External links

• Klebsiella article from eMedicine.com
• Klebsiella species

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .