title: Characteristics of CDC group 3 and group 5 coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical specimens and assignment to the genus Dermabacter.
abstract: Over a 1-year period, 11 isolates (including 5 from blood cultures) of the recently described CDC group 3 and group 5 coryneform bacteria were derived from clinical specimens and compared with reference strains. Biochemical characteristics indicated a very close relationship between CDC group 3 and group 5 coryneform bacteria. The ability of CDC group 3 and the inability of CDC group 5 coryneform bacteria to ferment xylose were the only reactions that were different for the two taxa. Chemotaxonomic features of the two groups included the presence of meso-diaminopimelic acid, a lack of mycolic acids, and the presence of predominantly branched cellular fatty acids, a combination found among gram-positive rods only in Brevibacterium spp., Brachybacterium faecium, and Dermabacter hominis. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that CDC group 3 and group 5 coryneform bacteria are members of the genus Dermabacter, which to date has been isolated exclusively from human skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Funke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stubbs
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pfyffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchiani
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D014994:Xylose