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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 624-627, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Corynebacterium riegelii sp. nov., an Unusual Species Isolated from Female Patients with Urinary Tract Infections

Guido Funke,1,* Paul A. Lawson,2 and Matthew D. Collins2

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland,1 and BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Department of Microbiology, Reading RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom2

Received 2 September 1997/Returned for modification 17 November 1997/Accepted 8 December 1997

Four strains of an unknown coryneform bacterium were isolated in pure culture from females with urinary tract infections. Strong urease activity and the ability to slowly ferment maltose but not glucose were the most significant phenotypic features of this catalase-positive, nonmotile, nonlipophilic, rod-shaped bacterium which served to distinguish it from all other presently defined coryneform bacteria. Chemotaxonomic investigations demonstrated that the unknown bacterium belonged to the genus Corynebacterium. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolates were genealogically identical and represented a new subline within the genus Corynebacterium, for which the designation Corynebacterium riegelii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Corynebacterium riegelii is CCUG 38180 (DSM 44326, CIP 105310).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Gloriastrasse 32, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland. Phone: 41-1-634-2701. Fax: 41-1-634-4906. E-mail: funke{at}immv.unizh.ch.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 624-627, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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