Klebsiella
See also: klebsiella
Translingual
Etymology
From Klebs (“a surname”) + -ella, after German microbiologist Edwin Klebs.
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; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacteriales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Klebsiella granulomatis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella ozaenae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis, Klebsiella terrigena (species)
Further reading
Klebsiella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Klebsiella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Klebsiella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Klebsiella at National Center for Biotechnology Information