Species/Subspecies: | Corynebacterium kutscheri | ||||||||
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Category: | Causes hemolysis | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: club-shaped bakterium (bacterium means small rod). Species epithet: named after Kutscher, who first described murine paratuberculosis in year 1894. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Actinomycetia Order Mycobacteriales Family Corynebacteriaceae Genus Corynebacterium |
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Type Strain: | ATCC 15677 = CCUG 27535 = NCTC 11138. | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell):
| Small yellowish or grayish-white colonies (0,1-0,3 mm in diameter). Some strains give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Nonmotile and pleomorphic (coccoid) rods | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Esculinase -, hippuricase +, urease +. | ||||||||
Biochemical Tests: | Methyl red -. | ||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose - maltose + L-rhamnose - sucrose + L-arabinose - cellobiose ? D-mannitol ? salicin + trehalose v glycerol ? inulin ? raffinose - D-sorbitol ? starch + |
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Spec. Char.: | |||||||||
Disease: | Lung, lymph node, liver and kidney abscesses. |
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Hosts: | Rat and mouse | ||||||||
Clinical Picture: | Superficial abscesses, caseopurulent foci in liver, lungs and lymphnodes. | ||||||||
16S rRNA Seq.: |
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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176 species and 13 subspecies are described within the genus Corynebacterium. However, not all names have been approved yet and some species have been affiliated to another genus. The genus Corynebacterium is closely related to the genera Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus and Crossiella. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-02 |
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