Klebs-löffler bacillus
/ˈklebzˈlʌflə(r)/noun
(pl. Klebs-löffler bacilli /-laɪ/)
1- a bacterium that causes diphtheria in humans and similar diseases in other animals克-吕二氏杆菌, 白喉杆菌。
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- Corynebacterium diphtheriae; non-motile Gram-positive rods.拉丁名Corynebacterium diphtheriae; 无运动的革兰氏阳性杆菌。
词源
late 19th cent.: named after Theodore A. E. Klebs （1834-1913）, and Friedrich A. J. Löffler （1852-1915）, German bacteriologists.