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Corynebacterium spheniscorum sp. nov., isolated from the cloacae of wild penguins.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Goyache J, Vela A I, Collins M D, Ballesteros C, Briones V, Moreno J, Yorio P, Domínguez L, Hutson R, Fernández-Garayzábal J F
Abstract excerpt
Twenty unidentified Gram-positive, rod-shaped organisms were recovered from the cloacae of apparently healthy wild penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. On the basis of cellular morphology and biochemical criteria, the isolates were tentatively assigned to the genus Corynebacterium, although the organisms did not appear to correspond to any recognized species. Lipid...
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