Klebsiella granulomatis
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Klebsiella granulomatis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Klebsiella[1] known to cause the sexually transmitted infection granuloma inguinale (or donovanosis). It was formerly called Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.[2]
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Klebsiella granulomatis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Klebsiella |
Species: | K. granulomatis |
Binomial name | |
Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999 | |
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It is a non-motile aerobic bacillus with a non-sporulated capsule measuring 0.5 to 2.0 μm.[3][4] It is biochemically characterised by being as catalase-positive, phenylalanine deaminase-negative, citrate test-positive, and urease-positive.[5] Among its virulence factors are its capsule, endotoxins, siderophores, antimicrobial resistance and antigenic phase variation.[6]