Klebsiella

(kleb″zē-el′ă )

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[ Klebs + -ella ]
[T. A. Edwin Klebs, Ger. bacteriologist, 1834-1913]
A genus of gram-negative, encapsulated bacilli of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

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