Coryneform bacteria are aerobically growing, asporogenous, non-partially-acid-fast, gram-
positive rods of irregular morphology. Within the last few years, there has been a massive …

This chapter deals with aerobically growing, asporogenous, irregularly shaped, non‐
partially acid‐fast, gram‐positive rods generally called" coryneforms." The bacteria …

Corynebacterium is a genus within the actinomycetes subphylum of Gram-positive
eubacteria (Stackebrandt et al., 1997). These rod-shaped bacteria have DNA with a high …

Coryneform isolates from clinical specimens frequently cannot be identified by either
reference laboratories or research laboratories. Many of these organisms are skin flora that …

Abstract Over a 14-month period, 415 clinical isolates of coryneform gram-positive rods were
recovered from various sources and identified to the species level according to recent …

Nineteen new Corynebacterium species or taxa described since 1995 have been
associated with human disease. We report the characteristics of 72 strains identified as or …

In a multicenter study, 407 strains of coryneform bacteria were tested with the updated and
extended API (RAPID) Coryne system with database 2.0 (bioMérieux, La-Balme-les-Grottes …

A comprehensive study was performed on 25 bacterial clinical isolates originally identified
as Corynebacterium xerosis. Three reference strains of C. xerosis were also included in the …

Identification of coryneform bacteria to the species level is important in certain circumstances
for differentiating contamination and/or colonization from infection, which influences …

The Corynebacterium is a genus of bacteria of growing clinical importance. Progress in
medicine results in growing population of immunocompromised patients and growing …