NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile, oxidase negative, and produces
acid from glucose, mannitol, rhamnose, arabinose and amygdalin. K. ozaenae is pathogenic
and a causative agent of ozena/atrophic rhinitis.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Klebsiella pneumoniae.;