Only three Corynebacterium species are known to produce a lethal exotoxin called
diphtheria toxin. These are C. diphtheriae, C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. The …

The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a mammal with a broad distribution in the Eurasian territory and
a potential reservoir for several zoonotic pathogens. Besides being part of the …

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

Corynebacterium silvaticum is a newly identified animal pathogen of forest animals such as
roe deer and wild boars. The species is closely related to the emerging human pathogen …

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

Simple Summary This case report describes the first case of caseous lymphadenitis in a roe
deer (Capreolus capreolus, Linnaeus 1758) found dead in Italy, attributable to …

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 …

The availability of complete genomes of pathogens enables in silico analyzes that can be
used to develop new control methods, reducing the time, cost, and necessity of pathogen …