Description of Klebsiella spallanzanii sp. nov. and of Klebsiella pasteurii sp. nov.

Klebsiella oxytoca causes opportunistic human infections and post-antibiotic haemorrhagic diarrhea. This Enterobacteriaceae species is genetically heterogeneous and is currently subdivided into seven phylogroups (Ko1 to Ko4 and Ko6 to Ko8). Here we investigated the taxonomic status of phylogroups Ko...

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Main Authors: Cristina Merla, Carla Rodrigues, Virginie Passet, Marta Corbella, Harry A. Thorpe, Teemu V. S. Kallonen, Zhiyong Zong, Piero Marone, Claudio Bandi, Davide Sassera, Jukka Corander, Edward J. Feil, Sylvain Brisse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02360/full