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Klebs-Löffler bacillus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria.

Word forms

Klebs-Löffler bacillus Klebs-Löffler bacilli

Etymology

Discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834–1912) and Friedrich Löffler (1852–1915).

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