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Klebs-Loffler bacillus
Klebs-Löffler bacillus (ˈklɛbzˈlʌflə; German ˈkleːpsˈlœflər) n (Microbiology) a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that causes diphtheria: family Corynebacteriaceae.[C19: named after Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) and Friedrich A. J. Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists]EncyclopediaSeeCorynebacterium diphtheriaeKlebs-Loffler bacillus
Klebs-Löff·ler bacillus (klĕbz′lĕf′lər, klāps′lœf′lər)n. A gram-positive, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes diphtheria in humans and produces an exotoxin that causes tissue degeneration. |