Klebsiella

See also: klebsiella

Translingual

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Etymology

Named after German-Swiss microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Klebsiella f

1. 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; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Klebsiella pneumoniae - type species; Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella grimontii, Klebsiella michiganensis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae, Klebsiella quasivariicola, Klebsiella variicola - selected other species

References

• Klebsiella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Klebsiella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Klebsiella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Klebsiella in the Genome Taxonomy Database