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Species of bacterium

Klebsiella variicola
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Description

Klebsiella variicola was described as a species of Klebsiella distinct from its closely related species Klebsiella pneumoniae in 2004. Like other Klebsiella species, K. variicola is gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, and covered by a polysaccharide capsule.

Hosts

Klebsiella variicola is known to associate with a number of different plants including banana trees, sugarcane and has been isolated from the fungal gardens of leaf-cutter ants. Some K. variicola strains have been associated with disease in humans, suggesting they may be able to serve as opportunistic pathogens of humans. K. variicola have also been isolated from cows suffering from bovine mastitis.

References

  1. ^ Rosenblueth, Mónica; Martínez, Lucía; Silva, Jesús; Martínez-Romero, Esperanza (2004-01-01). "Klebsiella variicola, A Novel Species with Clinical and Plant-Associated Isolates". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 27 (1): 27–35. Bibcode:2004SyApM..27...27R. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00261. PMID 15053318.
  2. Wei, Chun-Yan; Lin, Li; Luo, Li-Jing; Xing, Yong-Xiu; Hu, Chun-Jin; Yang, Li-Tao; Li, Yang-Rui; An, Qianli (2013-11-19). "Endophytic nitrogen-fixing Klebsiella variicola strain DX120E promotes sugarcane growth". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 50 (4): 657–666. doi:10.1007/s00374-013-0878-3. ISSN 0178-2762. S2CID 15594459.
  3. "Ant Gardens". Fun Facts about Fungi. Utah State University Herbarium. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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  5. Andrade, Bruno Gabriel N.; Ramos, Nilceia de Veiga; Marin, Michel F. Abanto; Fonseca, Erica L.; Vicente, Ana Carolina P. (2014-11-01). "The genome of a clinical Klebsiella variicola strain reveals virulence-associated traits and a pl9-like plasmid". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 360 (1): 13–16. doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12583. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 25135672.
  6. Garza-Ramos, Ulises; Silva-Sanchez, Jesus; Barrios, Humberto; Rodriguez-Medina, Nadia; Martínez-Barnetche, Jesus; Andrade, Veronica (2015-04-30). "Draft Genome Sequence of the First Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella variicola Clinical Isolate". Genome Announcements. 3 (2): e01352–14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01352-14. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4392162. PMID 25858850.
  7. Davidson, Fraser W.; Whitney, Hugh G.; Tahlan, Kapil (2015-10-29). "Genome Sequences of Klebsiella variicola Isolates from Dairy Animals with Bovine Mastitis from Newfoundland, Canada". Genome Announcements. 3 (5): e00938–15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00938-15. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4566169. PMID 26358587.
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