Propionic acid-producing strains previously designated as Corynebacterium xerosis, C. minutissimum, C. striatum, and CDC group I2 and group F2 coryneforms belong to the species Corynebacterium amycolatum

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-657

  Wauters, G ^a   Driessen, A ^a   Ageron, E ^b   Janssens, M ^a   Grimont, P A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ESTERASE; LIPID; NITRATE; PROPIONIC ACID; SUGAR; TYROSINE; UREASE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029684177     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-653     Document Type: Article

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