Klebsiella terrigena

Klebsiella terrigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Klebsiella
Species: K. terrigena

Klebsiella terrigena is a Gram-negative bacterial species of the genus Klebsiella. It has primarily been isolated from soil and water samples[1] but rarely from humans. As such, it has shown no connection with disease in humans despite expressing many of the virulence factors expressed by other Klebsiella species such as Klebsiella pneumoniae. [2]

Phylogenic comparisons between the 16s rRNA and rpoB genes of this and other Klebsiella species have suggested classification into a newer genus, Raoultella. [3]

References

  1. ^ Izard, D.; Ferragut, C., Gavini, F., Kersters, K., de Ley, J., Leclerc, H. (1 April 1981). "Klebsiella terrigena, a New Species from Soil and Water". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 31 (2): 116–127. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-2-116. 
  2. ^ Podschun, R; Fischer A, Ullmann U. (Aug 2000). "Characterization of Klebsiella terrigena strains from humans: haemagglutinins, serum resistance, siderophore synthesis, and serotypes.". Epidemiol Infect. 125 (1): 71–8. 
  3. ^ Drancourt, M; Bollet, C, Carta, A, Rousselier, P (2001 May). "Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov.". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 51 (Pt 3): 925–32. PMID 11411716.