Klebsiella variicola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Klebsiella |
Species: | K. variicola |
Binomial name | |
Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004 | |
Klebsiella variicola is a species of bacteria which was originally identified as a benign endosymbiont in plants, but has since been associated with disease in humans and cattle as well.
Klebsiella variicola was described as a species of Klebsiella distinct from its closely related species Klebsiella pneumoniae in 2004. [1] Like other Klebsiella species, K. variicola is gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, and covered by a polysaccharide capsule.
Klebsiella variicola is known to associate with a number of different plants including banana trees, [1] sugarcane [2] and has been isolated from the fungal gardens of leaf-cutter ants. [3] [4] Some K. variicola strains have been associated with disease in humans, suggesting they may be able to serve as opportunistic pathogens of humans. [5] [6] K. variicola have also been isolated from cows suffering from bovine mastitis. [7] [8]
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