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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1109-1113, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1109-1113.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation and Characterization of a Black-Pigmented Corynebacterium sp. from a Woman with Spontaneous Abortion

Sanjay K. Shukla,1,* Dirk N. Vevea,1 Daniel N. Frank,2 Norman R. Pace,2 and Kurt D. Reed1

Department of Clinical Research, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449,1 and Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 803092

Received 25 August 2000/Returned for modification 11 November 2000/Accepted 18 November 2000

An unusual black-pigmented coryneform bacterium was isolated from the urogenital tract of a woman who experienced a spontaneous abortion during month 6 of pregnancy. Biochemical and chemotaxonomic analyses demonstrated that the unknown bacterium belonged to the genus Corynebacterium. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences (GenBank accession no. AF220220) revealed that the organism was a member of a distinct subline which includes uncultured Corynebacterium MTcory 1P (GenBank accession no. AF115934), derived from prostatic fluid, and Corynebacterium CDC B8037 (GenBank accession no. AF033314), an uncharacterized black-pigmented coryneform bacterium. On the basis of chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic evidence, this organism probably represents a new species and is most closely related to the uncharacterized Centers for Disease Control and Prevention group 4 coryneforms. Our strain is designated CN-1 (ATCC 700975).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Research, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, 1000 North Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449. Phone: (715) 389-5363. Fax: (715) 389-3808. E-mail: shuklas{at}mfldclin.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1109-1113, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1109-1113.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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