Corynebacterium group D2 ("Corynebacterium urealyticum") constitutes a new genomic species.

doi:10.1016/0923-2508(92)90022-g

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Corynebacterium group D2 ("Corynebacterium urealyticum") constitutes a new genomic species.

Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000

Riegel P, Grimont P A, De Briel D, Ageron E, Jehl F, Pelegrin M, Monteil H, Minck R

Abstract excerpt

Twenty-one Corynebacterium group D2 ("C. urealyticum") strains were found to constitute a tight DNA hybridization group distinct from named Corynebacterium species. The strains of Corynebacterium group D2 had cell wall component type IV, short chain mycolic acids and G+C content of DNA of 65-66 m...

Topics

Base Composition
Cell Membrane
Corynebacterium
DNA, Bacterial
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Mycolic Acids
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype

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