| Species/Subspecies:
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Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: named after the German bacteriologist Edwin Klebs (1834-1913).
Species epithet: of pneumonia. Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet. |
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| Significance: | [Very important]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Enterobacteriales | Enterobacteriaceae | Klebsiella |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 13883 = CCUG 225 = NCTC 9633. |
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Macromorphology (smell):
  
 | Grey, round, shiny and mucoid colonies (2-3 mm in diameter), which can be confused with colonies of Enterobacter spp. Does not give hemolysis on blood agar. |
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| Micromorphology:
| Nonmotile rods (0.3-1.0 x 0.6-6.0 µm), which appear singly, in pars or in short chains. |
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Gram +/Gram -:
 | G- |
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| Metabolism:
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Facultatively anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| DNase -, esculinase +, ornithine decarboxylase -, tryptophanase - (= indol -), urease +. |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Citrate +, hydrogen sulfide -, methyl red -, Voges-Proskauer +. |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-Glucose | Lactose | Maltose | L-rhamnose | Sucrose |
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| + | + | + | + | + | | L-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| + | + | + | + | + | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| + | ? | + | + | ? |
Lactose + (although weaker than for instance E. coli). Ferments glucose under gas production. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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Special Media:
  | SELMA or SELMA-Plus agar is used for milk samples and CLED agar for urine samples. |
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| Hosts:
| Cattle, calves (foals), mares and dogs |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Nötkreatur: mastit. Kalv och föl: lunginflammation. Sto: endometrit. Hund: urinvägsinfektion. |
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| Disease (English): | Cattle: coliform mastitis. Calf and foal: pneumonia. Mares: endometritis. Dog: urinary tract infections. |
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| Clinical Picture:
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| Virulence Factors:
| LPS, capsule. |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Size (bp) | Genome |
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| NC_009648 | MGH 78578 | 5 315 120 | 1c + 5c) |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| AF130981 | ATCC13883T | 1 436 | 8 |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Comment: | Opportunistic |
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