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Klebsiella granulomatis

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Enterobacteriales

Genus
  
Klebsiella

Higher classification
  
Klebsiella

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Family
  
Enterobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Klebsiella granulomatis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Bacteria, Bartonella bacilliformis, Klebsiella, Borrelia recurrentis, Francisella

Klebsiella granulomatis is Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Klebsiella known to cause the sexually transmitted disease granuloma inguinale (or donovanosis). It was called Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.

References

Klebsiella granulomatis Wikipedia