CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUCURONOLYTICUM SP-NOV ISOLATED FROM MALE-PATIENTS WITH GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS

Authors
FUNKE G BERNARD KA BUCHER C PFYFFER GE COLLINS MD
Citation
G. Funke et al., CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUCURONOLYTICUM SP-NOV ISOLATED FROM MALE-PATIENTS WITH GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS, Medical microbiology letters, 4(4), 1995, pp. 204-215
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
4
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
204 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1995)4:4<204:CGSIFM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Seventeen strains of a hitherto undescribed coryneform bacterium were encountered in clinical specimens from different patients with mainly genitourinary infections. Biochemical reactions of these bacteria incl uded strong beta-glucuronidase activity as the most characteristic fea ture. Chemotaxonomic as well as molecular genetic investigations clear ly revealed that the newly recognized bacteria represent a Cornyebacte rium species for which the name Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum sp. n ov. is proposed.