115.FRISH BACILLUS

A.RHINOSCLEROMATIS
B.RHINOSPORIDIUM SEEBERI
C.MYCOPLASMA
D.PSEUDOMONAS

ANS:RHINOSCLEROMATIS

RHINOSCLEROMA

It is caused by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis—subspecies of Klebsiella pneumoniae— a gram-negative, encapsulated, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacillus (diplobacillus), member of the Enterobacteriaceae family. It is sometimes referred to as the "Frisch bacillus," named for Anton von Frisch who identified the organism in 1882