Klebsiella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Enterobacterales 

Prokaryota
Superregnum: Bacteria
Regnum: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Classis: Gammaproteobacteria
Ordo: Enterobacterales

Familia: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Klebsiella
Species: K. alba K. aerogenes (Enterobacter aerogenes) K. granulomatis K. grimontii K. michiganensis K. oxytoca K. pneumoniae K. quasipneumoniae K. singaporensis K. variicola

Name

Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Drancourt et al. 2001

Type species: K. pneumoniae
(Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

The genus was named after Edwin Klebs (1834-1913), a German bacteriologist.

Synonyms

References

Primary references

  • Trevisan, V. B. A. 1885. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 3, 92–107. Reference page. 
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