Catalase-positive Gram-positive bacilli, commonly called “diphtheroids” or “coryneform”
bacteria were historically nearly always dismissed as contaminants when recovered from …

Bacterial sphingomyelinases and phospholipases are a heterogeneous group of esterases
which are usually surface associated or secreted by a wide variety of Gram-positive and …

Pan-genome is defined as the set of orthologous and unique genes of a specific group of
organisms. The pan-genome is composed by the core genome, accessory genome, and …

This review gathers recent information about genomic and transcriptomic studies in the
Corynebacterium genus, exploring, for example, prediction of pathogenicity islands and …

Corynebacterium striatum is part of microbiota of skin and nasal mucosa of humans and has
been increasingly reported as the etiologic agent of community-acquired and nosocomial …

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

To date the genus Corynebacterium comprises 88 species. More than half of these are
connected to human and animal infections, with the most prominent member of the …

While formerly known infections of Corynebacterium ulcerans are rare and mainly
associated with contact to infected cattle, C. ulcerans has become an emerging pathogen …

Background Recent discoveries on bacterial transcriptomes gave evidence that small RNAs
(sRNAs) have important regulatory roles in prokaryotic cells. Modern high-throughput …

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