Identification of Corynebacterium amycolatum and other nonlipophilic fermentative corynebacteria of human origin.

ABSTRACT: Four identification tests, proposed in addition to conventional methods, 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 glycol. These tests were highly discriminant. Corynebacterium amycolatum displayed a unique profile, allowing it to be distinguished from similar species, such as C. xerosis, C. striatum, and C. minutissimum.

SUBMITTER: Wauters G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC104845 | biostudies-literature | 1998 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature