Klebsiella oxytoca

Taxobox
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name = "Klebsiella oxytoca"

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regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Enterobacteriales
familia = Enterobacteriaceae
genus = "Klebsiella"
species = "K. oxytoca"
binomial = "Klebsiella oxytoca"
binomial_authority = (Flügge 1886)
Lautrop 1956

"Klebsiella oxytoca" is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is closely related to "K. pneumoniae", from which it is distinguished by being indole-positive; it also has slightly different growth characteristics in that it is able to grow on melezitose, but not 3-hydroxybutyrate.

Industrial uses

"K. oxytoca" has shown promise in industrial ethanol fuel production.cite journal |author=Dien B, Cotta M, Jeffries T |title=Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production: current status |journal=Appl Microbiol Biotechnol |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=258–66 |year=2003 |pmid=13680206 |doi=10.1007/s00253-003-1444-y]

"K. oxytoca" is referenced as being used to produce hydrogen in patents filed by Nanologix, Inc.

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