Klebsiella variicola
Species of bacterium
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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.
| Klebsiella variicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Klebsiella |
| Species: | K. variicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004 | |
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]