Kluyvera Farmer et al., 1981
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Gammaproteobacteria
- order
- Enterobacterales
- family
- Enterobacteriaceae
- genus
- Kluyvera
Abstract
Kluyvera is a Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterial and motile genus from the family of Enterobacteriaceae which have peritrichous flagella. Kluyvera occur in water, soil and sewage. Kluyvera bacteria can cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
Etymology
The etymology of this genera is the following : Kluy’ver.a. N.L. fem. n. Kluyvera, named given by Asai et al. in 1956 to honor the Dutch microbiologist A.J. Kluyver.
Name
- Homonyms
- Kluyvera Farmer et al., 1981
- Kluyvera