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The first species described, Jodococcus magnus may be regarded as 

 the type. The organisms, however, have not been identified. The 

 position of the genus and its nomenclatural status is certain. 



Kalymmabacterium. A name used by Beaurefaire-Aragao and 

 Vienna (1912). See Calymmatobacterium. 



Karphococcus. A variant of the generic name Carphococcus (q.v.). 



Karphokokkus. A variant speUing of Carphococcus q.v. 



Keratophyton. A casual name used by Rosenbach (1908, p. 514) 

 to an organism believed to cause corneal ulcers. Enlows (1920, p. 50) 

 gives the following characterization: 



Doubtful as to its position — belongs either with the bacteria or with the 

 "schimmelpilzen." Varied form and size. Some of the rods are so short as to 

 appear like cocci, many are somewhat longer, others again (young cultures) 

 form very long, wave-like, at times branched threads. Here and there are thick, 

 spindle-shaped or irregular drawn-out forms, which sometimes are filled with 

 vacuoles. Many of the rods are similar to the bacilli of chicken cholera. 



Kladothrix. A German spelling of Cladothrix, q.v. 

 Klebsiella. A genus named by Trevisan (1885, p. 105) with the 

 following description. 



Due stadi di sviluppo vegetative: 1. Bacilli. 2. Cocchi. Bacilli (stadio 

 protoplastico tipico) cilindrici, diritti, inarticolati, incolori, biformi: macro- 

 bacilli e microbacilli; citioplasma equabilmente diffuso, Cocchi (stadio finale) 

 derivati da microbacilli, seriati in monili, appaiatico solitari. Bacilli e cocchi 

 costantementeinogni stadio racchiusi in crassevagine sacchiformi membranaceo- 

 mucose. Spore nuUe. Specie unica. Klebsiella crouposa. Bacterium Pneumoniae- 

 crouposae Zopf (Spaltpilze, 3 ediz. pag. 66, fig. 20). 



Later (1887, p. 94) he expanded the generic description as follows: 



Tre stadidi sviluppo vegetativo: 1. Baculi; 2. Filamenti; 3. Cocchi. Baculi 

 (stadio primigeno tipico) cilindrici, inarticolati, incolori, biformi; macrobaculi 

 e macrobaculi e macrobaculi. Filamenti (stadio anormale transitorio, osservato 

 solamente in culture nella camera umida) resultanti da baculo o cocchi rimasti 

 in congiunzione per incompleta temnogenesi. Cocci segregati (monococchi od 

 ottoformi) o seriati in catenelle. Baculi e cocchi normalmente raccheusi in 

 crasse capsule membranaceo-mucose. Spore (osservate nella sola Klebsiella 

 rhinoscleromatis) provenienti nei baculi o ignote. 



The following species are listed: 1. Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 

 (Bacillus of rhinoscleroma of Frisch). 2. K. salivaris (Microbe de 

 la salive of Pasteur). 3. K. pneumoniae, and 4. K. aerobia (capsu- 

 lated air bacillus of Babes). Trevisan later (1888, p. 787) discussed 

 the genus Klebsiella in detail. Sixteen species were described. The 



