The bacterial strain PO100/5 was isolated from a skin abscess taken from a pig (Sus scrofa
domesticus) in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal. It was identified as …

Background Corynebacterium silvaticum is a pathogenic, gram-positive bacterial species
that causes caseous lymphadenitis in wild boars, domestic pigs and roe deer in Western …

The genus Corynebacterium includes species of biotechnological, medical and veterinary
importance. An atypical C. ulcerans strain, W25, was recently isolated from a case of …

The Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex comprises seven bacterial species,
including Corynebacterium ulcerans, a zoonotic pathogen from multiple animal species. In …

Objectives Corynebacterium ulcerans can colonize a wide variety of animals and also
humans are infected, typically by zoonotic transmission. Symptoms range from skin ulcers or …

Corynebacterium bovis is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen shown to cause eye and
prosthetic joint infections as well as abscesses in humans, mastitis in dairy cattle, and skin …

Porcine Corynebacterium infection is still poorly studied, even though the pig has been
described as an asymptomatic carrier of Corynebacterium species, including the zoonotic …

Corynebacterium phoceense is a Gram-positive species previously isolated from human
urine. Although other species from the same genus have been associated with urinary tract …

Corynebacterium (C.) diphtheriae is one of the two etiological pathogens for human
diphtheria with significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, members of its biovar Belfanti …

Corynebacterium (C.) ulcerans is a zoonotic member of the C. diphtheriae group and is
known to cause abscesses in humans and several animal species. Toxigenic strains …