- Klebsiella
Taxobox
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name = "Klebsiella"
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regnum = Bacteria
phylum =Proteobacteria
classis =Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Enterobacteriales
familia =Enterobacteriaceae
genus = "Klebsiella "
genus_authority = Trevisan 1885
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="K. granulomatis"
"K. mobilis"
"K. ornithinolytica"
"K. oxytoca"
"K. ozaenae"
"K. planticola"
"K. pneumoniae"
"K. rhinoscleromatis"
"K. singaporensis"
"K. terrigena"
"K. trevisanii"
"K. variicola""Klebsiella" is a
genus of non-motile,Gram-negative , Oxidase-negativebacteria with a prominentpolysaccharide -based capsule.cite book | author = Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = p. 370 | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | id = ISBN 0838585299 ] Frequent humanpathogen s, "Klebsiella" organisms can lead to a wide range of disease states, notablypneumonia ,urinary tract infection s,septicemia ,Ankylosing spondylitis , and soft tissue infections.cite journal |author=Podschun R, Ullmann U |title="Klebsiella" spp. as nosocomial pathogens: epidemiology, taxonomy, typing methods, and pathogenicity factors |journal=Clin Microbiol Rev |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=589–603 |year=1998 |pmid=9767057]"Klebsiella" species are ubiquitous in nature. [cite journal |author=Bagley S |title=Habitat association of "Klebsiella" species |journal=Infect Control |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=52–8 |year=1985 |pmid=3882590]
"Klebsiella 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 adversly affect the growth of the plant.Ref: Bio piracy- Vandana Siva.Sinanu.M.M. MSc.Agriculture)MicrobiologyAligarh Muslim University
References
External links
* [http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1237.htm "Klebsiella" article] from eMedicine.com
* [http://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/bacterial_nomenclature_info.php?genus=KLEBSIELLA "Klebsiella" species]
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