IDENTIFICATION OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-AMYCOLATUM AND OTHER NONLIPOPHILIC FERMENTATIVE CORYNEBACTERIA OF HUMAN-ORIGIN

Authors
WAUTERS G VANBOSTERHAUT B JANSSENS M VERHAEGEN J
Citation
G. Wauters et al., IDENTIFICATION OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-AMYCOLATUM AND OTHER NONLIPOPHILIC FERMENTATIVE CORYNEBACTERIA OF HUMAN-ORIGIN, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(5), 1998, pp. 1430-1432
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1430 - 1432
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:5<1430:IOCAON>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Four identification tests, proposed in addition to conventional method s, were evaluated with 320 fermentative nonlipophilic Corynebacterium strains: growth at 20 degrees C, glucose fermentation at 42 degrees C, alkalinization of sodium formate, and acid production from ethylene g lycol. These tests were highly discriminant. Corynebacterium amycolatu m displayed a unique profile, allowing it to be distinguished from sim ilar species, such as C. xerosis, C. striatum, and C. minutissimum.