Corynebacterium rouxii is one of the recently described species of the Corynebacterium
diphtheriae complex. As this species can potentially infect different hosts and harbor the tox …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the etiological agent of diphtheria, a disease caused by the
presence of the diphtheria toxin. However, an increasing number of records report non …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is one of the most prominent human pathogens and the
causative agent of the communicable disease diphtheria. The genomes of 12 strains …

Background Corynebacterium diphtheriae complex was formed by the species C.
diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in the …

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

Non-diphtherial Corynebacterium species or diphtheroids were previously considered as
the mere contaminants of clinical samples. Of late, they have been reckoned as the …

Background Sporadic cases of infection with non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C.
diphtheriae) isolates have been reported in regions covered by the Diphtheria-Tetanus …

Within the genus Corynebacterium, six species are potential carriers of the tox gene, which
encodes the highly potent diphtheria exotoxin: Corynebacterium diphtheriae …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the leading causing agent of respiratory and cutaneous
diphtheria, an acute disease with local and systemic manifestations, which remains as an …

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