TAXONOMIC STUDY OF ENTEROBACTERIA BELONGING OR RELATED TO GENUS KLEBSIELLA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. B128  (1) , 45-59
Abstract
This work studies the classification, by numerical procedures, of 122 strains belonging or related to the genus Klebsiella. Four classes can be defined: (= K. pneumoniae: 29 strains for the most isolated from human feces), K (related to K. pneumoniae and to K. oxytoca: 24 strains isolated from water), L (related to K. pneumoniae although, tetrathionate reductase+, m-hydrobenzoate+: 37 strains isolated from water or soil), M (= K. oxytoca: 22 strains for the most isolated from water). The importance of the origins of the strains is emphasized.