CORYNEBACTERIUM THOMSSENII SP. NOV., A CORYNEBACTERIUM WITH N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINIDASE ACTIVITY FROM HUMAN CLINICAL SPECIMENS

A strain of a previously undescribed non-lipophilic coryneform bacteri um was isolated from pleural fluids of a patient with chronic renal fa ilure, stroke and pneumonia. slow fermentative acid production from gl ucose, maltose and sucrose, and strong N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase a ctivity were the most characteristic features of the bacterium, Chemot axonomic characterization unambiguously indicated that the organism be longed to the genus Corynebacterium, The results of comparative 165 rR NA gene sequence analysis Corynebacterium. Int: results of comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate represented a new species within the genus, for which the name Corynebacterium th omssenii sp, nov. is proposed. The type strain is DsM 44276.