Klebsiella variicola

Klebsiella variicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Klebsiella
Species: K. variicola
Binomial name
Klebsiella variicola

Klebsiella variicola is a species of bacteria which was originally identified as a benign endosymbiont in plants, but has since been associated with disease in humans and cattle as well.

Description

K. variicola was described as a species of Klebsiella distinct from its closely related species Klebsiella pneumoniae in 2004.[1] Like other Klebsiella species, K. variicola is gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, and covered by a polysaccharide capsule.

Hosts

K. variicola is known to associate with a number of different plants including banana trees,[1] sugarcane[2] and has been isolated from the fungal gardens of leaf-cutter ants.[3][4] Some K. variicola strains have been associated with disease in humans, suggesting they may be able to serve as opportunistic pathogens of humans.[5][6] K. variicola have also been isolated from cows suffering from bovine mastitis.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenblueth, Mónica; Martínez, Lucía; Silva, Jesús; Martínez-Romero, Esperanza (2004-01-01). "Klebsiella variicola, A Novel Species with Clinical and Plant-Associated Isolates". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 27 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00261.
  2. ↑ Wei, Chun-Yan; Lin, Li; Luo, Li-Jing; Xing, Yong-Xiu; Hu, Chun-Jin; Yang, Li-Tao; Li, Yang-Rui; An, Qianli (2013-11-19). "Endophytic nitrogen-fixing Klebsiella variicola strain DX120E promotes sugarcane growth". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 50 (4): 657–666. doi:10.1007/s00374-013-0878-3. ISSN 0178-2762.
  3. ↑ "Ant Gardens". Fun Facts about Fungi. Utah State University Herbarium. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Pinto-Tomás, Adrián A.; Anderson, Mark A.; Suen, Garret; Stevenson, David M.; Chu, Fiona S. T.; Cleland, W. Wallace; Weimer, Paul J.; Currie, Cameron R. (2009-11-20). "Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants". Science. 326 (5956): 1120–1123. doi:10.1126/science.1173036. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19965433.
  5. ↑ Andrade, Bruno Gabriel N.; Ramos, Nilceia de Veiga; Marin, Michel F. Abanto; Fonseca, Erica L.; Vicente, Ana Carolina P. (2014-11-01). "The genome of a clinical Klebsiella variicola strain reveals virulence-associated traits and a pl9-like plasmid". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 360 (1): 13–16. doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12583. ISSN 0378-1097.
  6. ↑ Garza-Ramos, Ulises; Silva-Sanchez, Jesus; Barrios, Humberto; Rodriguez-Medina, Nadia; Martínez-Barnetche, Jesus; Andrade, Veronica (2015-04-30). "Draft Genome Sequence of the First Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella variicola Clinical Isolate". Genome Announcements. 3 (2): e01352–14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01352-14. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4392162Freely accessible. PMID 25858850.
  7. ↑ Davidson, Fraser W.; Whitney, Hugh G.; Tahlan, Kapil (2015-10-29). "Genome Sequences of Klebsiella variicola Isolates from Dairy Animals with Bovine Mastitis from Newfoundland, Canada". Genome Announcements. 3 (5): e00938–15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00938-15. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4566169Freely accessible. PMID 26358587.
  8. ↑ Podder, Milka P.; Rogers, Laura; Daley, Peter K.; Keefe, Greg P.; Whitney, Hugh G.; Tahlan, Kapil. "Klebsiella Species Associated with Bovine Mastitis in Newfoundland". PLoS ONE. 9 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106518. PMC 4152263Freely accessible. PMID 25180510.
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