Klebsiella
See also: klebsiella
Translingual
Etymology
Named after German-Swiss microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Klebsiella f
- 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
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