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KLEBSIELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("klebsiella" is a kind of...):
enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)
Holonyms ("klebsiella" is a member of...):
genus Klebsiella (a genus of bacteria)
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