| Species/Subspecies: | Klebsiella mobilis | ||||||||
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| Category: | Motile | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: named after the German bacteriologist Edwin Klebs (1834-1913). Species epithet: motile | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Alternative Species Name(s): | Enterobacter aerogenes | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Enterobacterales Family Enterobacteriaceae Genus Klebsiella |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 13048 = CCUG 1429 | ||||||||
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| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | ?/- | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | tryptofanase (indol) -phurease - | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Voges-Proskauer + | ||||||||
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Within genus Klebsiella 13 species have been described. K. mobilis belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and is closely related to members of the genus Citrobacter. In fact, members of the genus Klebsiella and Citrobacter freundii form a monophyletic cluster (see Fig. 224:1 to the left). | ||||||||
| Comment: | Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella mobilis are so-called homotypic synonyms, but the bacterium is most similar to species within the genus Klebsiella and this genus name is, therefore, used on VetBact. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-29 |