Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Classification

Klebsiella pnemoniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Eubacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Pseudomonadales Family: Pseudomonadaceae Genus: Pseudomonas Species: putida
Binomial name
Pseudomonas putida

Klebsiella pnemoniae is a species of Genus: Klebsiella. The Family: Enterobacteriaceae. The Order: Enterobacteriales. The Class: Gammaproteobacteria. The Phylum: Proteobacteria. and The Domain: Bacteria.

Image of Klebsiella pnemoniae

Image is from Microbiologia! [1]

Description and significance

K. pneumoniae is a gram negative bacteria. It is faculative aerobic, meaning it is has characteristic features of becoming aerobic and anaerobic. It is rod shaped and its dimensions are 2 X 0.5 micro meter. K. pneumoniae is also known as nasty bacteria. Klebsiella (pneumoniae) is commonly found in bacteria directed pneumoniae patients. Friedlancer C. Uber was the first person to discover that Klebsiella is a pathogenic bacteria that causes pneumoniae (2). The 160nm thick fine fiber capsule makes the bacteria pathogenic (3)[2]. This bacteria is found in different places in human body such as gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx. (4) Naturally it is found in the soil, water, vegetables and sewage.

References

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(2)Friedlander C. Uber die scizomyceten bei der acuten fibrosen pneumonie. Arch Pathol Anat Physiol Klin Med 1882. 87:319-24

(3)Amako, K., Meno, Y., and Takade, A. "Fine Structures of the Capsules of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli K1". Journal of Bacteriology. 1988. Volume 170, No. 10. p. 4960-4962[3]

(4)Casewell M, Talsania H G. Predominance of certain klebsiella capsular types in hospitals in the United Kingdom. J Infect. 1979;1:77–79.