Klebsiella planticola: Difference between revisions
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Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces. | Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces. | ||
K. planticola produces a polysaccharide capsule, allowing it to for large mucoid colonies. They are catalase producing, breaking down hydrogen peroxide to water, and ferment glucose, lactose, sorbose and the reduction of nitrates. '''[https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.36.8.2331-2332.1998]''' | K. planticola produces a polysaccharide capsule, allowing it to for large mucoid colonies as well as biofilms. '''[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.686789/full#B8]''' They are catalase producing, breaking down hydrogen peroxide to water, and ferment glucose, lactose, sorbose and the reduction of nitrates. '''[https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.36.8.2331-2332.1998]''' | ||
==Ecology and Pathogenesis== | ==Ecology and Pathogenesis== |
Revision as of 18:52, 17 November 2023
Classification
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella/Raoultella group; Klebsiella [1]
Species
Klebsiella planticola
Description and Significance
Klebsiella planticola is a primarily environmental species, from plant and aquatic origins, that can also be isolated from clinical specimens and can be associated with various infections-- including urinary tract infections and wound infections. [2] K. planticola is a rod shaped bacterium and have been isolated from multiple environmental sources, such as the roots of wheat, corn, and rice, where they act as nitrogen-fixers. [3] They are facultative anaerobes, meaning they can survive with or without oxygen, and they are gram negative. [4]
Genome Structure
Most strains of Klebsiella planticola have one circular chromosome and four plasmids. A large number of K. planticola isolates found can have up to four antimicrobial resistant genes, which causes concern for antibiotic treatment for those infected with the bacterium. Strains have a median mega base pair count of 5.85103, 5,371 proteins, and a 55.5% GC content. [5]
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
K. planticola produces a polysaccharide capsule, allowing it to for large mucoid colonies as well as biofilms. [6] They are catalase producing, breaking down hydrogen peroxide to water, and ferment glucose, lactose, sorbose and the reduction of nitrates. [7]
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=575
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC267203/pdf/jcm00004-0277.pdf
3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01569013#citeas
4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.686789/full#B3
5. https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mra.00415-21
6. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.36.8.2331-2332.1998
Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.