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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We studied two coryneform strains from clinical specimens. These strains had type IV and corynemycolic acids in their cell walls and also had phenotypic characteristics, such as urease activity and fermentation of glucose and sucrose but not trehalose, which did not permit assignment to any previously recognized taxon. According to DNA-DNA hybridization data, these two strains are members of the same species (level of DNA similarity, 86%). Phylogenetic analysis based on comparisons of almost complete small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences revealed that these strains are closely related to Corynebacterium minutissimum, but DNA relatedness experiments clearly showed that they constitute a distinct new species with a level of DNA relatedness to the C. minutissimum type strain of less than 40%. This new species can be differentiated from C. minutissimum strains by its enzymatic activities and carbon source utilization, and the name Corynebacterium singulare is proposed for it. The type strain is strain IBS B52218 (= CCUG 37330), which was isolated from a semen specimen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0020-7713
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1092-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Corynebacterium singulare sp. nov., a new species for urease-positive strains related to Corynebacterium minutissimum.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Bactériologie de la Faculté de Médecine, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article