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Klebs-Löffler bacillus

[klebz-lef-ler; German kleyps-lœf-luh r]
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noun
  1. a bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.
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Origin of Klebs-Löffler bacillus

1890–95; named after E. Klebs and F. A. J. Löffler
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Klebs-Löffler bacillus

noun
  1. a rodlike Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that causes diphtheria: family Corynebacteriaceae.
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Word Origin

C19: named after Edwin Klebs (1834–1913) and Friedrich A. J. Löffler (1852–1915), German bacteriologists
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Klebs-Löffler bacillus

(klĕbz′lĕf′lər, klāps′lœf′lər)
n.
  1. A gram-positive, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes diphtheria in humans and produces an exotoxin that causes tissue degeneration.
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