title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Bosterhaut
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhaegen
mesh_terms: D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011422:Propionates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; C029658:propionic acid