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Corynebacterium sphenisci sp. nov., isolated from wild penguins.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Goyache J, Ballesteros C, Vela A I, Collins M D, Briones V, Hutson R A, Potti J, García-Borboroglu P, Domínguez L, Fernández-Garayzábal J F
Abstract excerpt
Six unidentified gram-positive, rod-shaped organisms recovered from the cloacae of apparently healthy wild penguins were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. Chemotaxonomic investigations revealed the presence of a cell wall based on meso-diaminopimelic acid and long-chain cellular fatty acids of the straight-chain saturated and monounsaturated types, consistent with the genus...
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