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• Klebs

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• Klebsiella

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• Klebs-loffler bacillus

  [klebz-lef-ler; German kleyps-lœf-luh r] /ˈklɛbzˈlɛf lər; German ˈkleɪpsˈlœf lər/ noun 1. a bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria. /ˈklɛbzˈlʌflə; German ˈkleːpsˈlœflər/ noun 1. a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that causes diphtheria: family Corynebacteriaceae. Klebs-Löffler bacillus Klebs-Löff·ler bacillus (klěbz’lěf’lər, klāps’lɶf’lər) n. A gram-positive, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes diphtheria in humans and produces […]

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