ˌklebzēˈelə, -epsē- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Edwin Klebs died 1913 German pathologist + New Latin -i- + -ella
1. capitalized : a genus of plump nonmotile gram-negative frequently encapsulated bacterial rods (family Enterobacteriaceae) commonly held to comprise a single variable species — see pneumobacillus
2. -s : an organism of the genus Klebsiella