Klebsiella planticola sp. nov.: A new species of enterobacteriaceae found primarily in nonclinical environments (original) (raw)

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The name_Klebsiella planticola_ sp. nov. is proposed for a group of organisms isolated primarily from botanical and daquatic environments. Both numerical and molecular taxonomy techniques show that the species belongs within the genus_Klebsiella_ and that it is distinct from other described species of the genus. The new species has 3 biogroups.K. planticolla is phenotypically identical to_K. pneumoniae_ in classical biochemical tests, but it is distinguishable from_K. pneumoniae_ based on its ability to grow at 10°C and its inability to produce gas from lactose at 44.5°C. Additional reactions that can be used in combination with the temperature criteria includel-sorbose fermentation and ability to utilize hydroxy-l-proline as a sole carbon source. Strain V-236 (ATCC 33531; CDC 4245-72) is the type strain of the new species.

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1. Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 49931, Houghton, Michigan, USA
   Susan T. Bagley
2. Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
   Ramon J. Seidler
3. Enteric Section, 1-B311, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U. S., Department of Health and Human Services, 30333, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   Don J. Brenner

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1. Susan T. Bagley
2. Ramon J. Seidler
3. Don J. Brenner

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Bagley, S.T., Seidler, R.J. & Brenner, D.J. Klebsiella planticola sp. nov.: A new species of enterobacteriaceae found primarily in nonclinical environments.Current Microbiology 6, 105–109 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01569013

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• Issue date: March 1981
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