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Database of Biochemical Tests of Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae Family A tool to identify microbes using minimal biochemical tests |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
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| Description | It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium.Unlike other klebsiella species it lacks a polysaccharide capsule and is very closely related to K.pneumoniae.It is a diazotroph, able to colonise plant hosts and fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form which the plant can use. |
| Synonyms | na |
| Habitat/Source | Mammals and insects, tends to colonize along the mucosa membranes. |
| Pathogenicity | Nosocomial infections. |
| GenBank Accession | View Genome [NC_016612] |
| Size(Mb) | 5.97411 |
| GC% | 56 |
| Genes | 5487 |
| CDS | 5315 |
| Reference | 1.Lautrop, H. (1956). Gelatin-liquefying Klebsiella strains (Bacterium oxytocum (Flugge)). Acta Pathol.Bacteriol.Scand.Suppl. 39 : 375-384 . 2.Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.210,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co.. |