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Klebsiella pneumoniae  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans. A gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium found consistently and exclusively in patients with RHINOSCLEROMA and their contacts. Formerly an individual species, it is now considered a subspecies of K. pneumoniae.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bacillus pneumoniae
  • Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae
  • Hyalococcus pneumoniae
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes
  • txid39831
  • txid573

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NJHJPL2V-V

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