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Corynebacterium atypicum sp. nov., from a human clinical source, does not contain corynomycolic acids.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Hall Val, Collins Matthew D, Hutson Roger A, Lawson Paul A, Falsen Enevold, Duerden Brian I
Abstract excerpt
An unusual gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, catalase-positive, diphtheroid-shaped organism originating from an unknown human clinical source was characterized by biochemical, molecular chemical and molecular phylogenetic methods. Based on its morphological and biochemical characteristics and the presence of a murein based on meso-diaminopimelic acid, the unidentified organism was tentatively assigned to...
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