The story
Discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834–1912) and Friedrich Löffler (1852–1915).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Klebs-Löffler bacillus
Today it means: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. Full definition →