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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1430-1432, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of Corynebacterium amycolatum and Other Nonlipophilic Fermentative Corynebacteria of Human Origin

Georges Wauters,1,* Bernard Van Bosterhaut,2 Michèle Janssens,1 and Jan Verhaegen3

Microbiology Unit, University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels,1 Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron, 7700 Mouscron,2 and Department of Microbiology, University Hospital St-Rafaël, 3000 Leuven,3 Belgium

Received 7 November 1997/Returned for modification 22 January 1998/Accepted 10 February 1998

Four identification tests, proposed in addition to conventional methods, were evaluated with 320 fermentative nonlipophilic Corynebacterium strains: growth at 20°C, glucose fermentation at 42°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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Unit, UCL/5490, Avenue Hippocrate, 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 32 2 7645490. Fax: 32 2 7649440.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1430-1432, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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