Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum sp. nov. isolated from a patient with bacterial vaginosis.
A unique coryneform bacterium was isolated from a patient with bacterial vaginosis. Chemotaxonomical investigations demonstrated that the unknown bacterium belonged to the genus Corynebacterium. The yellow-pigmented, slightly lipophilic, oxidative, urea-hydrolyzing bacterium could be phenotypically readily differentiated from the other members of the genus Corynebacterium. Comparative 16S rRNA gene analysis revealed that the bacterium represented a new subline within the genus Corynebacterium for which the name Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CCUG 37336 (DSM 44291).
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Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Hutson
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Hilleringmann
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Heizmann
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Collins
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D000328:Adult; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004798:Enzymes; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014508:Urea