Klebs–Löffler bacillus
/klɛbzˈləːflə
/noun (plural Klebs–Löffler bacilli)
A bacterium that causes diphtheria in humans and similar diseases in other animals.
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae; non-motile Gram-positive rods.
Origin
Late 19th century: named after Theodore A. E. Klebs (1834–1913) and Friedrich A. J. Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists.