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Klebsiella aerogenes

Klebsiella aerogenes

8.0
A type of bacteria that lives in the environment and in people and sometimes causes infections
  • noun
  • /ˌklɛbziˈɛlə ˌɛəroʊˈdʒiːnz/
  • Specialized
: Klebsiella aerogenes
  • The laboratory confirmed the presence of Klebsiella aerogenes in the patient's blood culture.

Examples

  • Hospital staff took extra precautions after detecting Klebsiella aerogenes in several samples.

  • Infections caused by Klebsiella aerogenes can be serious.

  • Researchers studied how Klebsiella aerogenes survives in different environmental conditions.

  • The doctor diagnosed the infection as Klebsiella aerogenes.

  • The laboratory confirmed the presence of Klebsiella aerogenes in the patient's blood culture.

  • Hospital staff took extra precautions after detecting Klebsiella aerogenes in several samples.

  • Infections caused by Klebsiella aerogenes can be serious.

Surface Forms

Klebsiella aerogenes singular

Morphology

Klebsiella + aerogenes

The compound is a scientific binomial: 'Klebsiella' clearly signals a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, so a learner who recognises that constituent can infer this is a specific type/species of bacterium. However, the species epithet 'aerogenes' is technical (and not given a dictionary gloss here) and binomial naming is a domain-specific convention, so the full implications (habitat, pathogenicity) are not fully predictable for a B1 learner.

Etymology

Klebsiella aerogenes is a name made from a scientist's name and a word that means 'air-producing': Klebsiella honors Dr. Klebs, and aerogenes means 'makes gas'. That's a useful image because these bacteria often make gas in lab tests and live in people and the environment, so the name fits a bacteria that can sometimes cause infections.