Biology:Klebsiella variicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Klebsiella |
| Species: | K. variicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004
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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.[1] 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,[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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00261. PMID 15053318.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Biology and Fertility of Soils 50 (4): 657–666. doi:10.1007/s00374-013-0878-3. ISSN 0178-2762.
- ↑ "Ant Gardens". Utah State University Herbarium. http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/Ant_gard.htm.
- ↑ Pinto-Tomás, Adrián A.; Anderson, Mark A.; Suen, Garret; Stevenson, David M.; Chu, Fiona S. T.; Cleland, W. Wallace; Weimer, Paul J.; Currie, Cameron R. (2009-11-20). "Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants" (in en). Science 326 (5956): 1120–1123. doi:10.1126/science.1173036. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19965433. Bibcode: 2009Sci...326.1120P.
- ↑ 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" (in en). FEMS Microbiology Letters 360 (1): 13–16. doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12583. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 25135672.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Genome Announcements 3 (2): e01352–14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01352-14. ISSN 2169-8287. PMID 25858850.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Genome Announcements 3 (5): e00938–15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00938-15. ISSN 2169-8287. PMID 26358587.
- ↑ Podder, Milka P.; Rogers, Laura; Daley, Peter K.; Keefe, Greg P.; Whitney, Hugh G.; Tahlan, Kapil (2014). "Klebsiella Species Associated with Bovine Mastitis in Newfoundland". PLOS ONE 9 (9): e106518. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106518. PMID 25180510. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...9j6518P.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q24976449 entry
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