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Klebs-Löffler bacillus
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Etymology
Discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834–1912) and Friedrich Löffler (1852–1915).
Noun
Klebs-Löffler bacilli
Corynebacterium diphtheriae species, the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria.
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